filmmaker
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filmmakers
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Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production.
the leading young filmmakers of France.
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a person who makes film, especially for use in photography.
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You might say that’s mawkish, or that I’m grading on a curve for a first-time filmmaker.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The landscape designer Sebastian Trujillo negotiated an informal agreement to share content on the job after being hired by filmmaker Fabiola Beracasa Beckman to work on her Greenwich Village townhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Atherton, who is a filmmaker, author, and social campaigner, called schemes like this "life-changing".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
In addition to filmmaker Ryan Coogler, actors Letitia Wright and Winston Duke are returning for the third “Black Panther” installment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
He gets invited on news shows and profiled in magazines, and he has been the subject of a documentary by the filmmaker Errol Morris, all because of a brain that appears to defy description.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Earlier this month, the New York Times profiled the Modern Silent Shorts festival, which has annually showcased short films it commissions from select filmmakers since 2024.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Gaël and Sebastian are passionate documentary filmmakers, deeply committed to telling the stories of the people they meet and bearing witness to the realities of their lives."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Even so, filmmakers reveled in the potential of extant footage to summon actual history to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Much of that depends on whom the filmmakers choose as their celebrity focus — and why.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The rest are painter friends of Donald’s, poets, documentary filmmakers.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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