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A professional dream-bender who herds chaos, light, and ego into a story worth two hours.
means A person who creates films, typically directing or producing them, shaping every choice from script to final cut.
from A plain English mashup of film and maker, born when celluloid replaced staged theatricals and someone had to be blamed for the result.
Film fossilFilm once meant a thin coating, not movies.
Title dodgeOften chosen to sound grander than just director.
One-person armiesSolo filmmakers now shoot blockbusters on phones.