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videographer

American  
[vid-ee-og-ruh-fer] / ˌvɪd iˈɒg rə fər /

noun

videographers plural
  1. a person who makes films with a video camera.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of videographer

First recorded in 1970–75; video + (photo)grapher

Example Sentences

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Making matters worse: A videographer was going to document my session.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Ah’Mari Stevens, a 16-year-old football player from South Florida, boarded a helicopter with a videographer one day last spring.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

The CPJ in February cited a source as saying that in addition, NHK's longtime videographer Mehdi Mohammedi's passport was confiscated along with his personal devices.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

The BBC documentary was based on footage by a primary school events co-ordinator and videographer called Pavel Talankin in the small provincial town of Karabash in the Ural mountains.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

Happily, it still airs episodes of “California’s Gold” and “Visiting,” from my man, the late yet eternal Huell Howser, that amiable, amazed videographer of our city and state.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

Actors, photographers, videographers, artists, animators, voice actors, sound designers, set designers, copywriters, editors and translators all stand to lose their work.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Over the past two years, I have spoken to videographers, production assistants and technicians who were hired for some of the events before they discovered Jhaj's real identity.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2025

Every year, Times writers, editors, photographers and videographers fan out at the Oscars to capture the scene inside the Dolby Theatre, and the 97th edition of the awards was no different.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2025

In September 2023 at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, I seemed to be the only woman in a group of official photographers and videographers from across Asia.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2025

For a while, the content creator boom on social media meant that everyone from amateur videographers to bonafide influencers would be bathed in flattering lighting in the form of a ring light.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

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