filmmaker

noun

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

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The filmmakers are already talking to distributors. Jennie Punter, Variety, 14 July 2025 The deal was negotiated by Coleman with WME Independent on behalf of the filmmakers. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 July 2025 At the same time, the filmmaker hoped to make a contemporary Western/thriller redolent of genre touchstones such as Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo and Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025 The filmmakers used the sounds of babies crying to make a scary noise In the film, the bad people go to a bad afterlife, and they’re taken there by creepy, inky shadow things. Drew MacKie, People.com, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for filmmaker

Word History

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 22 Jul. 2025.

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