moviemaker

noun

mov·​ie·​mak·​er ˈmü-vē-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce moviemaker (audio)
: one who makes movies
moviemaking noun

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Ted Kotcheff, the unheralded Canadian moviemaker who moved gracefully among genres to direct such notable films as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s, has died. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 Instead, it was rediscovered, not least by all the moviemakers. Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025 Ethan Hawke is urging you to demand offensive art from moviemakers in a world with a tense political landscape. Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025 Full-spectrum color had been a photographic dream since the first daguerreotypes, and early moviemakers were no less determined to conjure a celluloid canvas that reflected life in all its splendor. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for moviemaker

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of moviemaker was in 1912

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“Moviemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moviemaker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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