filmmaker

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filmmaker

noun filmmakers · film-maker · film maker

  1. A producer or director of films/movies. I spent a couple of months all by myself building a set and had my filmmaker friends, nonactors, play the parts.

    Similar: moviemaker

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Closest in meaning: film-maker, director, cineaste, cinema, movie, producer, collaborator, film, film maker, film director, filmist, moviemaker, cofilmmaker, documentarian, filmographer, cineast

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noun producer or director of films / movies

Españolcineasta
日本語映画製作者 eiga seisakusha
中文製片人 /制片人 zhìpiànrén
Kiswahilimtunga filamu
Portuguêscineasta
Françaiscinéaste
DeutschFilmemacher, Filmemacherin, Filmer, Filmerin, Filmschaffender, Filmschaffende
Românăcineast, cineastă
Русскийсозда́тель кинофи́льма sozdátelʹ kinofílʹma, кинорежиссёр kinorežissjór, кинематографи́ст kinematografíst, кино́шник kinóšnik

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@misc{filmmaker_2026,
  title = {filmmaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/filmmaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}