"filmmaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-filmmaker.wav [US] Forms: filmmakers [plural]
Etymology: film + maker Etymology templates: {{compound|en|film|maker}} film + maker Head templates: {{en-noun}} filmmaker (plural filmmakers)
  1. A producer or director of films/movies. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: moviemaker, film-maker, film maker Translations (producer or director of films / movies): cineasta [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 製片人 (Chinese Mandarin), 制片人 (zhìpiànrén) (Chinese Mandarin), filmmager (Danish), filmmaker [masculine] (Dutch), filmitegija (Estonian), elokuvantekijä (Finnish), cinéaste [feminine, masculine] (French), cineasta [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Filmemacher [masculine] (German), Filmemacherin [feminine] (German), Filmer [masculine] (German), Filmerin [feminine] (German), Filmschaffender [masculine] (German), Filmschaffende [feminine] (German), 映画製作者 (eiga seisakusha) (alt: えいがせいさくしゃ) (Japanese), filbmadahkki (Northern Sami), filmskaper [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), filmmaker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), filmskapar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), filmowiec [masculine] (Polish), cineasta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), cineast [masculine] (Romanian), cineastă [feminine] (Romanian), созда́тель кинофи́льма (sozdátelʹ kinofílʹma) [masculine] (Russian), кинорежиссёр (kinorežissjór) [masculine] (Russian), кинематографи́ст (kinematografíst) [masculine] (Russian), кино́шник (kinóšnik) (note: also anyone working in the film industry or a moviegoer) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), fiʹlmmraajji (Skolt Sami), cineasta [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), filmskapare [common-gender] (Swedish), filmmakare [common-gender] (Swedish), ผู้ผลิตภาพยนตร์ (Thai)

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