cineasten.
/ˈsɪnɪast/, /ˈsɪneɪast/, U.S. /ˈsɪniˌæst/, /ˈsɪniəst/ 1. A lover of films or cinema (esp. as regarded as an art form); a person who is enthusiastically interested in and knowledgeable about films or cinema. Cf. cinephile n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > going to film shows > [noun] > film-goer or lover
film fan1908
picturegoer1911
cinemagoer1913
cinemaphile1914
filmgoer1914
cine-goer1915
moviegoer1916
cineaste1926
cinephile1929
1926 Sat. Rev. 14 Aug. 42/3 Many efforts are being made to intensify the exchanges between littérateurs and cinéastes.
1955 Times 4 July 12/3 The earnest talker on films, the cinéaste, finds his brother in the balletomane.
1999 Empire Nov. (100 Most Important People Suppl.) 94/1 He started out as the kind of black polo-necked arthouse cineaste who would send the average Friday night moviegoer screaming for the exit.
2014 R. Barton Rex Ingram 1 Today he [sc. Rex Ingram] is all but forgotten, revered by a handful of cineastes.
2. A filmmaker.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming unit or team > [noun] > film-maker
filmmaker1859
kinematographer1896
cinematographer1897
cinematographist1897
kinetographer1897
cineaste1930
1930 W. Stull in H. Hall Cinematogr. Ann. I. 511 Given the proper amount of experience, the proper mastery of technique,..the amateur cinéaste can produce work worthy of ranking with the best.
1989 Premiere Dec. 73/2 After graduating from IDHEC (the most prestigious film school in France) at nineteen and working as assistant director to a number of important cineasts.., Karmitz formed his first company.
2005 Cineaste Spring 74/3 A major retrospective of the oeuvre of the contemporary Spanish cinéaste Imanol Uribe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1926