di ‧ rec ‧ tor S2 W1 /dəˈrektə, dɪˈrektə, daɪ- $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ direction , ↑ directness , ↑ director ; verb : ↑ direct , ↑ redirect ; adverb : ↑ directly ≠ ↑ indirectly ; adjective : ↑ direct ≠ ↑ indirect ]
1 . someone who controls or manages a company ⇨ executive
director of
a former director of Gartmore Pensions Ltd
The company is run by a board of directors (=a group of directors) .
2 . someone who is in charge of a particular activity or organization
director of
the director of education
finance/marketing/sales etc director (=the person in charge of the financial department etc)
3 . the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play ⇨ producer
⇨ ↑ managing director , ↑ non-executive director
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 3)
■ types of director
▪ a film/movie director
the film director Stephen Spielberg
▪ a theatre director British English , a theater director AmE:
Laura Thompson is a theatre director now in the middle of rehearsals for 'Romeo and Juliet'.
▪ an artistic director (=person who controls which plays a theatre produces and how they are produced)
The artistic director announced that a new play would be staged next month.
▪ a musical director
He later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
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THESAURUS
■ the people who make film
▪ actor a man or woman who acts in a film:
a previously unknown actor
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Brando was one of Hollywood’s greatest actors.
▪ actress a woman who acts in a film. Women who appear in films or plays usually prefer to be called actors :
She was the actress who played Scarlet O'Hara in ‘Gone with the Wind’.
▪ star a famous actor or actress:
He looked liked a movie star.
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a hotel which was used by the stars
▪ director the person who tells the actors and actresses in a film what to do:
The director of the film is Quentin Tarantino.
▪ producer the person who makes the arrangements for a film to be made and controls the ↑ budget
▪ film/movie crew the people operating the camera, lights etc who help the director make a film