videographer

American  

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

noun

• videographers
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• videographers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of videographer

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

videographer videographers

Here’s someone who’ll pay for your driver when you’re in Ukraine, find a videographer to film you, pay for security, all that kind of stuff.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Before joining the Journal, Todd was a visual journalist at the San Francisco Business Times, where he served as the lead photographer and videographer for six years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

The candidate strolled in with a videographer and photographer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Talankin, 35, a videographer from a small-town Russian school, caused a sensation when he won the Academy Award for best documentary feature alongside US filmmaker David Borenstein in March.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

In less than two years, Pasha, as he's known, transformed from an events coordinator and videographer at a primary school in Karabash, one of the most polluted places on earth, to an Oscar nominee.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Media outlets deploy squads of writers, videographers and social editors to produce a steady stream of clips and dispatches, the kind of coverage that now determines their relevance as much as their reporting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

My sources say Scottish Labour's press office has been overhauled in the past five years, with dedicated videographers and content producers hired to build something like an in-house content studio.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

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

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