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moviemaking

American  
[moov-ee-mayk-ing] / ˈmuv iˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

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


adjective

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

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Now with distance, it impresses as a skilled piece of political moviemaking, one that captures the era’s sense of moral compromise and queasy vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The fact that we can see it at all is a miracle in modern moviemaking, when so many productions never clear the enormous obstacles in their way.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The form quickly spread to all countries where moviemaking flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Silicon Valley doesn’t just want to add more artificial intelligence to the moviemaking process—it seems to want some control over what Hollywood says about A.I. altogether.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

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