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filmer

filmer

1 4.5
A person who records video with a camera
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪlmər/
translation icon : videógrafo
  • It is noteworthy that many cameramen addressed photography and filmmaking by the same term, "filmer," in local French.

So if you are a potential filmer and editor, please check out my Instagram story or my YouTube channel post.

Examples

  • So if you are a potential filmer and editor, please check out my Instagram story or my YouTube channel post.

  • We're gonna skate spots, we got a filmer today.

  • This is our filmer, Tim, right here.

  • 'Cause that guy there, the filmer moved our chair and I'm gonna be sitting here.

  • What remains if commercial rights come to replace the proper use that each makes and should make of his powers as filmed or filmer?

    Academic text (1999)
  • - Nude? - A skin-filmer.

  • I tell myself that what comes into being during the sharing of a shooting period is just that which escapes both those filmed and the others, their filmers.

    Academic text (1999)
  • They're called predators, Predators, filmers, filmers, producers, editors, Predators.

  • ♪ Fucking filmers

  • The filmer captured stunning footage of the concert from the front row.

Synonyms

filmmaker
vsfilmer
304 3.2

A person who makes movies, often as a director or producer

often records video but is less about directing or producing films
cameraman
vsfilmer
110 2.9

A person who operates a film or television camera

includes both camera operation and other ways of recording or making movies
videographer
vsfilmer
  • Specialized
14 5.3

A person who records video at events like weddings and conferences

is more general covering anyone who records video or makes movies
moviemaker
vsfilmer
  • US
6 3.7

A person who makes movies

may instead mean any person who records video not only those making movies
camera operator
vsfilmer
5 3.2

A person who uses a camera to film or broadcast scenes

is broader referring to any person who records video rather than technical camera staff
movie maker
vsfilmer
  • US
4 2.7

A person who makes films by directing or producing them

is sometimes used more loosely to include people who simply record video
camerawoman
vsfilmer
2 3.7

A woman who operates a movie or video camera professionally

is gender neutral and applies to anyone who records video or makes movies
shootist
vsfilmer
  • Jargon
1 8.6

A person who takes photos or makes films professionally

focuses more on recording moving images or making movies rather than photos
film maker
vsfilmer
1 2.9

A person who makes movies, usually as a director or producer

can mean someone who records video too rather than only leading production

Surface Forms

filmer singular
filmers plural

Morphology

filmer = film (transparent) = film + er

The noun is transparently formed from the verb 'film' plus the agentive suffix '-er', meaning a person who films.

Etymology

The word filmer comes from film, which originally meant a thin 'skin' or 'layer', plus -er meaning 'one who does'. Think of the thin strip of movie film used in cameras: a filmer is literally 'one who makes or records film', which is why it means a person who records video.