filmmaking

noun

film·​mak·​ing ˈfilm-ˌmā-kiŋ How to pronounce filmmaking (audio)
: the making of movies

Examples of filmmaking in a Sentence

plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking
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As Hollywood finds its footing in a post-strike world, indies like The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick are shattering the industry’s arbitrary rules of filmmaking. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025 The Fort Worth campus will house an extension of A&M’s Visual Production Institute, a high tech center that will teach students to use cutting edge filmmaking and graphics technology. Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025 In today’s announcement, Amazon MGM highlighted both Pascal and Heyman’s track record in franchise filmmaking. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025 Yet, in the sixties and beyond, many directors advanced the art of movies precisely through unprecedented achievements in intellectual filmmaking. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for filmmaking

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of filmmaking was in 1912

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“Filmmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmmaking. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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