moviemaking

American  

[moov-ee-mayk-ing] / ˈmuv iˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or industry of creating movies, especially directing or producing them.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or engaged in the art or industry of creating movies, especially directing or producing them.

Example Sentences

Let’s turn to moviemaking, and how I’m about to take it over.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Though Godard later came to be synonymous with turgid, obtuse cinema, “Nouvelle Vague” is the opposite: a sprightly, effervescent ode to moviemaking as semi-controlled mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

In his character’s admonition, Lee is staking his position as new AI-powered tools threaten to undo a system of moviemaking built on flesh-and-blood cast and crew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

"It perhaps might have been shortened, but del Toro's sandbox is so irresistible, the return to big Hollywood moviemaking so pronounced, it must be hard to stop," said Deadline's Pete Hammond.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

As mass media has grown corporatized—with journalism, publishing, moviemaking, and the music business getting sold and merged into fewer and larger monoliths— geeks feel ever more entitled to take whatever intellectual property they want.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz