Camera operators

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
מפעילי מצלמות
Name (Latin)
Camera operators
Name (Arabic)
مشغلو الكاميرات
Other forms of name
Cameramen
Cinematographers (Camera operators)
Operating cameramen
Operators, Camera
See Also From tracing topical name
Photographers
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q1208175
Library of congress: sh2002011142
Sources of Information
  • Occupational outlook handbook web site, 25 Oct. 2002(television, video, and motion picture operators and editors: camera operators)
  • Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia web site, 25 Oct. 2002(camera operator)
  • USA today careers network job description web site, 25 Oct. 2002(TV, video, and film camera operators and editors)
  • AAT, 25 Oct. 2002(cameramen; camerman; synonyms: camera operators; operators, camera)
  • Mercer, J. Glossary of film terms, 1986(cinematographer: a motion picture director of photography, cameraman, or assistant cameraman; camera operator, operating cameraman, operator: the member of a film production crew who aims the camera, composes the picture, and follows the action)
  • Oxford companion to film, 1976(cameraman; the camera is in the control of the camera operator, who looks through the viewfinder during a take, checking the framing and focus and moving the camera as desired)
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Wikipedia description:

A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not necessarily imply that a male is performing the task.

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