filmmaker

See also: film-maker and film maker

English

Alternative forms

• film-maker, film maker

Etymology

film +‎ maker

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

filmmaker (plural filmmakers)

1. A producer or director of films/movies.

Synonyms

• moviemaker

Translations

producer or director of films / movies

• Catalan: cineasta (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製片人／制片人 (zh) (zhìpiànrén)

• Danish: filmmager
• Dutch: filmmaker (nl) m
• Estonian: filmitegija
• Finnish: elokuvantekijä
• French: cinéaste (fr) m or f
• Galician: cineasta m or f
• German: Filmemacher (de) m, Filmemacherin (de) f, Filmer (de) m, Filmerin (de) f, Filmschaffender (de) m, Filmschaffende (de) f
• Japanese: 映画製作者 (えいがせいさくしゃ, eiga seisakusha)
• Northern Sami: filbmadahkki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: filmskaper m, filmmaker m

  Nynorsk: filmskapar m

• Persian: فیلمساز (filmsâz)
• Polish: filmowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cineasta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: cineast (ro) m, cineastă (ro) f
• Russian: созда́тель кинофи́льма m (sozdátelʹ kinofílʹma), кинорежиссёр (ru) m (kinorežissjór), кинематографи́ст (ru) m (kinematografíst), кино́шник (ru) m (kinóšnik) (colloquial, also anyone working in the film industry or a moviegoer)
• Skolt Sami: fiʹlmmraajji
• Spanish: cineasta m or f
• Swedish: filmskapare (sv) c, filmmakare c
• Thai: ผู้ผลิตภาพยนตร์

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

filmmaker m (plural filmmakers, diminutive filmmakertje n)

1. filmmaker

Related terms

• filmmaakster f

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From film +‎ -maker.

Noun

filmmaker m (definite singular filmmakeren, indefinite plural filmmakere, definite plural filmmakerne)

1. a film-maker

References

• “filmmaker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).