moviemaking

noun

as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie a director with 25 years of experience at moviemaking

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Recent Examples of moviemaking Netflix may approach that output, but that volume of moviemaking — and the marketing push that comes with it — is unprecedented in the streaming era. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 The merger brings two of America’s oldest moviemaking studios together. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 On paper, director Tom McCarthy‘s latest film, A Statement might appear to be a dense polemic, hardly the stuff of exciting moviemaking. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026 Midcentury-modern design—and the moviemaking magic of Lucas himself. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026 This is not to save the Looney Tunes, but to save the future of moviemaking. — James Grebey, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 From the outset, Schoenbrun asked the designers to look to old moviemaking tricks for inspiration to make the landscapes at the Camp Miasma set as dreamy and immersive as the director envisioned. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 Those soundtrack albums are the closest Carpenter has come to the moviemaking business in the past 16 years. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026 With seven floors of exhibitions and wo movie theaters, the Academy Museum is the largest museum in the world devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moviemaking
  1. filmmaking
  2. film
  3. movie
Noun
  • Mustapha rejects the idea that documentary filmmaking can ever be entirely observational, arguing that a camera inevitably changes what happens in front of it.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
  • No one gave them the money to do something like this through traditional filmmaking because they weren’t established in the film industry, of course.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of filmmaking
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  • The nearly six-minute film shows how the team combines precision machining, assembly, and repair to accelerate robot development.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Dyrholm’s casting in Incidents of Intimacy marks a homecoming for the Danish actress who was part of the ensemble cast in Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes Jury Prize winner The Celebration, the first film to be made under the original manifesto.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of film
Noun
  • The biggest names in movies, music, fashion and beyond pulled out their sartorial best for the annual fundraiser that celebrates cinematic achievement and raises money for the museum.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2026
  • None offered particularly impressive image quality in our standard tests using movies on disc, but most were within what most people will consider an acceptable range.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of movie

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“Moviemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moviemaking. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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