Definition of "documentarian" [documentarian]

• One that makes documentaries or a documentary. (noun)

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• "It would only apply to the established documentary community; the likelihood of misuse by a documentarian is low; the community is professional, thoughtful, and responsible about fair use."
• "But the documentarian is also smart enough to address the journalistic quandry of Thompson’s writing as well as its legend."
• "But Mr. Hickenlooper was perhaps best known as a documentarian whose 1991 film, "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," gave viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of director Francis Ford Coppola as he struggled with huge cost overruns and his own self-doubt to make the war epic "Apocalypse Now.""