filmography

noun

film·​og·​ra·​phy fil-ˈmä-grə-fē How to pronounce filmography (audio)
plural filmographies
: a list of movies featuring the work of a prominent film figure or relating to a particular topic

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The duo further cited the influence of playwright Martin McDonagh on their filmography. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025 As friends and fans continue to pay tribute to David Lynch more than a month after his death, one memorable line from his filmography has made a comeback. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025 Only the second entry in the young Thompson's filmography, Heavyweights tells the story of a group of enrollees at a weight loss camp who stage a coup against the tyrannical fitness enthusiasts who've recently seized power. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025 The escalating tension of that final act is as shocking and violent and viciously cold as anything in Franco’s filmography, which has seldom shied away from stark depictions of human cruelty — whether intimate in scale, like After Lucia, or encompassing explosive societal conflict, like New Order. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for filmography

Word History

Etymology

film + -ography (as in bibliography)

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of filmography was in 1941

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“Filmography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmography. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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