Definition of "cinematographer" [cin•e•ma•tog•ra•pher]

• A movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie. (noun)

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• "He also praises it as much as the others before, saying that the result of Steven Soderbergh's work as director, editor, and cinematographer is "expressive, innovative, striking, exciting.""
• "The camera work by the cinematographer is first rate, and the film goes over many standard Hitchcock themes such as voyeurism - especially apt in this cyberworld of 24/7 voyeurism."
• "The man who will shoot the video is Aravind Krishna, a young cinematographer from the Tamil film industry."