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New editor takes credit for movie maker (8)

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I believe the answer is:

director

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'for movie maker' is the definition.

'new editor takes credit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'credit' is 'direct' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'or' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for director that I've seen before include "He guides and shapes a play or film" , "Controller of production or member of a board" , "Company board member" , "Senior person in a firm, executive or non-executive" , "One who controls resources and expenditures" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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