as in film
the art or business of making a movie
plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking
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Recent Examples of filmmaking
No-budget filmmaking is an especially American folly-slash-miracle, the dreams of the anonymous cauldroned in backyards and basements in hopes of acknowledgement.
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Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The co-production between Chile, Argentina and Italy not only solved a practical problem, but reaffirmed our belief that collaborative filmmaking is one of the most vital ways to sustain independent cinema.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Fischbach isn’t the first YouTuber to jump into big-screen filmmaking.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
Williams was asked to score a piece of filmmaking that would forever change the way that movies are made.
—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The co-production between Chile, Argentina and Italy not only solved a practical problem, but reaffirmed our belief that collaborative filmmaking is one of the most vital ways to sustain independent cinema.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Fischbach isn’t the first YouTuber to jump into big-screen filmmaking.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
Williams was asked to score a piece of filmmaking that would forever change the way that movies are made.
—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmmaking
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The film also reckons with the explosion of artificial intelligence and the technology's impact on journalism, which has become a frequent topic of conversation for Tucci and wife Felicity, the actor recently told USA TODAY.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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The pair was accompanied by another friend and Zuklic’s wife, who was decked out in a nun costume to pay her own homage to the film.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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YouTube provided the same possibilities for video sharing, creating a giant library of video content from amateurs, ranging from highly produced and edited amateur movies to recordings of users simply talking into the camera.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Original movies and premium formats are drawing crowds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Filmmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmmaking. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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