filmmaker

noun

film·​mak·​er ˈfilm-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce filmmaker (audio)
: one who makes movies

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Aubrey Plaza opens up It’s been seven months since the death of Aubrey Plaza’s husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 The Awards honors technical innovations — including devices, methods, formulas, discoveries and inventions — that aid filmmakers or bring additional value to the cinematic arts. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025 The filmmaker is perhaps best known for Idam, which won 5 European Film Awards and the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025 Even if the filmmakers hadn’t planned it that way, Devil Girl was an education for a precocious young woman making sense of the world, identifying the patterns of behavior that reoccurred in society. Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for filmmaker

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First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of filmmaker was in 1908

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“Filmmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmmaker. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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