cineaste
/ˈsɪnɪast
/(also cineast)
noun
1A filmmaker.Nouvelle vague of the 1960s was conceived in a similar spirit by French cineasts who realized that the Hollywood studios had turned the movie into a product to be consumed.
1.1A person who is fond of or knowledgeable about the cinema.The dialogue sparkles, and the development of the story may have some cineastes thinking of Eric Rohmer....
- She'd come on an intellectual pilgrimage in search of French cineastes who could discuss the films of Renoir, Cocteau, Bunuel.
- The film adaptation attracted excited and enthusiastic critical comment from cineastes, especially in France.
Origin
1920s: from French cinéaste, from ciné (from cinéma), on the pattern of enthousiaste 'enthusiast'.