director of photography

noun phrase

: the person who is in charge of filming for a movie

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The film only took 40 days to film, with 10 days of shooting going to one infamous scene inside a mansion in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, according to director of photography Drew Daniels. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025 Parkinson effectively cuts between the drama on the bridge and the drama deep in the water, all of it captured nicely by director of photography Nick Remy Matthews and underwater director of photography Ian Seabrook. Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2025 Our director, our director of photography, and the whole crew really knocked it out of the park, in terms of staging that night and the aftermath of the hurricane as well. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025 The call for applications, which closes on Feb. 19, is open to female directors or co-directors and at least one other key associate (a screenwriter, director of photography, composer or editor) who identifies as a woman. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for director of photography

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“Director of photography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/director%20of%20photography. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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