cinematographer

English

Etymology

cinematography +‎ -er

Noun

cinematographer (plural cinematographers)

1. (cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person.
2. (dated) One who exhibits motion pictures; a projectionist.
   • 1916, The American School Board Journal, volume 53, page 41:

     It is what the spectator sees, not reads, that leaves the lasting impression. The best plan is to have the cinematographer call in order to determine the details to be covered.

Synonyms

• cinematographist
• (photographer): director of photography, DP, DOP

Translations

a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie

• Belarusian: кінематаграфі́ст m (kinjematahrafíst), кінематаграфі́стка f (kinjematahrafístka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電影攝影師／电影摄影师 (diànyǐngshèyǐngshī)

• Danish: filmfotograf c
• Esperanto: ĉefkameraisto, kameraistino
• Finnish: elokuvaaja, kuvaaja (fi)
• French: directeur de la photographie (fr) m, directeur photo m, chef opérateur (fr) m, cheffe opératrice (fr) f, directrice de la photographie (fr) f, directrice photo f
• German: Kameramann (de) m, Kamerafrau (de) f
• Hungarian: operatőr (hu)
• Japanese: 撮影監督 (さつえいかんとく, satsuei kantoku)
• Romanian: cineast (ro) m, cineastă (ro) f
• Russian: кинематографи́ст (ru) m (kinematografíst), кинематографи́стка (ru) f (kinematografístka)
• Ukrainian: кінематографі́ст (uk) m (kinematohrafíst), кінематографі́стка f (kinematohrafístka)

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