Meaning of director in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /dɪˈrɛktər/

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  1. Noun

    director

    Etymology

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

    Definitions

    1. someone who controls resources and expenditures

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  2. 2. member of a board of directors
  3. 3. someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

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  4. 4. the person who leads a musical group

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  • « There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination on a film, then I get to show you my imagination in a big dumb character. »
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  • « I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren't there.You have to trust the director and react to nothing. »
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  • « Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character. »
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  • « Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones. »
    Melanie Laurent
  • « I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture. »
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