Director Film Extra Examples Company's Noun Dəˈrektə(R Daɪˈrektə(R

• a non-executive director
• he's on the board of directors.
• a famous film director
• he remained active in the theatre as a playwright and director.

director

1. one of a group of senior managers who run a company
• SEE ALSO executive director
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/executive-director
• a non-executive director
• He's on the board of directors.

Extra Examples

• Corporate governance means the relationship between shareholders, directors and managers.
• He is executive director of the American Football Coaches Association.
• ‘It's been a great success,’ said managing director Chris Tomlinson.
• Three executive directors were appointed to relieve the CEO of some day-to-day responsibilities.
• She is a director at the Centre/Center for Consumer Research.
• Pension rules are different if you are self-employed or a company director.
• Employees and directors have been offered stock options.
2. a person in charge of a film or play who tells the actors and staff what to do
• COMPARE producer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/producer
• a famous film director
• He remained active in the theatre as a playwright and director.
• the writer and director of the movie ‘Wind River’

Extra Examples

• Are there any actors or directors you would particularly like to work with?
• There was an opportunity to meet the cast and director backstage.
• She wrote the screenplay and wanted Evans as director.
3. a person who is in charge of a particular activity or department in a company, a college, etc.
• She was artistic director of the city's photography festival.
• He was musical director at the National Theatre.
• the deputy/assistant/associate director
• the finance/marketing/technical director
• the director of marketing/operations/communications
• He is assistant director of market research for IDFA.
• She recently served as director of the Longwood Arts Project in the Bronx.
• the company's regional director in North America
• an eminent museum director and curator

Extra Examples

• The chocolate company's director of marketing made a statement.
• the company's personnel director
• Alan Watt, senior director of marketing and strategy
• Dianne is deputy director of public affairs for USDA Rural Development.
• He became associate director of California Ballet in 1983.
• In the report, director of education Keith Nelson says more needs to be done.
• Fred Madison, technology program director for the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corp
• He was athletic director of Mills College.
• I got a call from the casting director asking me to do a part.
• Milberg is the station manager and program director at WDAM Radio.
• Ms Hidden has replaced her as acting director.
• She is the founding director of graduate programs.
• The bank's regional director for Wales called an urgent meeting.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French directour, from late Latin director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’.