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director

 noun
     
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di‧rec‧tor W1 [countable]
1BBB 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).
2BBB 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)
3AMAPT the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play [↪ producer]
WORD FOCUS: film WORD FOCUS: film
types of film: comedy, romantic comedy, drama, thriller, western, action film, horror film, war film, art house film, silent film, feature film
films that use drawings or models: cartoon, animation, animated film
films in general: cinema
where you go to see a film : cinema British English/movie theater American English, multiplex
the people in a film: actor, actress, star, cast
the people who make a film: director, producer, film crew, cameraman/camerawoman, scriptwriter
the music for a film: soundtrack
the words and the instructions to the actors: screenplay
a short film advertising another film: trailer

➔ See also film
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