A photographer who operates a movie camera.

synonyms: camera operator, cameraman.

Roget 559: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist.    historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles^†; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste^†, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician.    photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff; wildlife photographer.    ... show more

Dutch: cinematograaf, cameraman, filmoperateur, operateur
Polish: operator kamery, kamerzysta, operator