documentarian

/ˌdä-kyə-mən-ˈter-ē-ən -ˌmen-, -kyü-/ (ame, mw)

documentarian — noun

1. a person who makes films or television programmes that tell true stories about r

1.名詞B2
釋義

a person who makes films or television programmes that tell true stories about real events, people, or situations, using factual information rather than invented plots

例句

Award-winning documentarian Amara Osei spent three years filming the lives of coffee farmers in Ethiopia.

documentarian + spent [time] filming [subject]

The film festival invited five documentarians to discuss the challenges of filming people in crisis situations.

documentarians discuss challenges of filming

同義詞

文法句型

documentarian + verb (singular/plural agreement)

用法筆記

More formal than 'documentary filmmaker'. Common in film-industry writing, awards coverage, and academic discussions of non-fiction cinema. Unlike 'filmmaker' (which can include fiction directors), this word refers specifically to creators of non-fiction works.

常見錯誤

She is a documentarian filmmaker.
She is a documentarian.' or 'She is a documentary filmmaker.
💡'documentarian' already means the person; adding 'filmmaker' is redundant.