Meanings
nounmoviemaker (plural moviemakers)
plural moviemakers
- A person who makes movies as a profession; a cinematographer.
Part of why Mr. Dick’s work appeals so much to moviemakers is his pulpish sensibility.
2007 May 6, Charles Mcgrath, “A Prince of Pulp, Legit at Last”, in The New York Times1 more example
The outrage that greeted The Silence—howls of bishops, scissorings of censors, even feces-smeared toilet paper sent to the director—denoted public horror at a morally serious moviemaker surrendering (it seemed) […]
2010, Maaret Koskinen, Ingmar Bergman's The Silence, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishmovie
- Proto-West Germanic*mak
- Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
- Old Englishmacian
- Middle Englishmaken
- Middle Englishmaker
- Englishmaker
- Englishmoviemaker
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APA
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“moviemaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moviemaker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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