cinematographer

noun

cin·​e·​ma·​tog·​ra·​pher ˌsi-nə-mə-ˈtä-grə-fər 

: a specialist in cinematography

Examples of cinematographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shooting digitally — Soderbergh was an early digital convert, and once again serves as his own cinematographer and editor — the director favors a slightly queasy clinical quality in his lighting when a scene’s uneasiness calls for it. —Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025

The actor stood trial last July after being indicted for involuntary manslaughter following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his movie Rust in October 2021. —Becca Longmire, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025

Its success is not just due to the sets, the fashions, the writing and the cast but also the director, who also serves as cinematographer and editor. —Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025

And yet that's what happened in 2023, as Baldwin, his production team and a new cinematographer, Bianca Cline, went to Montana to finish the Western. —Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cinematographer

• bibliographer
• choreographer
• historiographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer
• radiographer
• biographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer