directordi‧rec‧tor /dəˈrektə, daɪ- $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable] 
a former director of Gartmore Pensions Ltd The company is run by a board of directors (=a group of directors).2someone who is in charge of a particular activity or organizationdirector of the director of educationfinance/marketing/sales etc director (=the person in charge of the financial department etc)3the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play → managing director, non-executive directorCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3types of directora film/movie director· the film director Stephen Spielberga theatre director British English, a theater director American English:· 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.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dr Jane Wilde, director of the Health Promotion Agency
- Have you met the new finance director?
- Miller has been appointed to the position of sales director.
- The directors are meeting today to discuss the company's future.
- As art gallery director, Alistair will be served one.
- For youngsters in particular the personality of the director is as important as any musical qualifications.
- Many said the special effects, a hallmark of director Steven Spielberg, were amazing.
- The director keeps his audience off-balance.
- The Alley has undergone a rebirth under Boyd, who became artistic director in 1989.
- This demonstrates how difficult it has become to determine the real incomes of such highly paid directors.
THESAURUSthe people who make film
a man or woman who acts in a film: · a previously unknown actor· Brando was one of Hollywood’s greatest actors.
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’.
a famous actor or actress: · He looked liked a movie star.· a hotel which was used by the stars
the person who tells the actors and actresses in a film what to do: · The director of the film is Quentin Tarantino.
the person who makes the arrangements for a film to be made and controls the budget
the people operating the camera, lights etc who help the director make a film
Longman Language Activatora manager in a high position an important manager who is in charge of a company or a department in a company: · The directors are meeting today to discuss the company's future.finance/sales/personnel etc director: · Have you met the new finance director?director of: · Dr Jane Wilde, director of the Health Promotion Agency
also chief executive officer/CEO American the manager with most authority in the normal, everyday management of a company. This job is often combined with other jobs, such as that of president: · Universal Studios is looking for a new chief executive.chief executive of: · the CEO of General Motors
the person in charge of a large company or organization, especially in the US: · Angry shareholders called for the resignation of the company president.president of: · the president of CBS news
American abbreviation VP the person in a company or organization who is directly below the president in rank, and who is usually responsible for a particular part of the company: · Meyer hopes to become the company's first female vice president.vice president of/for: · the vice president for sales and marketing· the VP of corporate affairs
the person who is in charge of a large company or organization, especially the most powerful member of its board: · Doreen's leaving party looked more like a board meeting, with the chairman and directors there to say goodbye.chairman/chairwoman of: · Manley gradually worked her way up, and within ten years became chairwoman of the board.· The Chairman of British Airways visited Downing Street last week.
British the person in charge of the daily management of a company or organization. This job is often combined with that of chairman: managing director of: · Silva has been appointed managing director of the sales division.· He's the managing director of a small printing firm.
the person in charge of an organization or department: head of: · the former head of MI5, the British Intelligence Service· She's the head of research and development.
WORD SETSAOB, bookkeeping, nounCEO, nounchairman, nouncompany secretary, nounconsortium, nouncontractual, adjectivecosting, noundenationalize, verbdirector, noundirectorate, noundirectorship, nounflow chart, nounfront office, nounhatchet man, nounhuman resources, nounline management, nounline manager, nounmaladministration, nounmanagement, nounmanagement consultant, nounmanager, nounmanageress, nounmanagerial, adjectivemiddle management, nounnon-executive director, nounposition paper, nounpresident, nounpyramid, nounquality assurance, nounquality control, nounsilent partner, nounventure, nounvice-president, nounwhite knight, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 3types of director the Deputy Secretary of State How did anyone so stupid make it to manager?
· the film director Stephen Spielberg
British English, a theater director American English:· Laura Thompson is a theatre director now in the middle of rehearsals for 'Romeo and Juliet'.
(=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.
· He later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The board of directors met yesterday.
· He earns a huge amount of money as a senior company executive.
the Deputy Secretary of State· This year’s festival includes a tribute to the French film director Bertrand Tavernier.
How did anyone so stupid make it to manager?· He and his wife are both movie directors.
· He’s a very successful television director.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The age of those mighty, entrepreneurial artistic directors has probably come to an end.· Not unnaturally, its organiser, Paul Onoratini, and its artistic director, Rene
· Before that she was a divisional director in Berkshire and assistant director in Reading County Borough.· Bonanni, the former assistant director for Installations and Logistics.· The assistant director called Brando who ignored him.
· Lorenzo, this is Wayne Wright, athletic director at Pepperdine.· Jody had never been a head coach, but the athletic director at Oregon felt she had it in her.· The athletic director renewed his efforts to force the university to remove the sculpture.· The five-year extension takes Mathews through the 2002-2003 season, athletic director Bill Hogan said.· If the appeal ever happens, it will be the first in school history, according to associate athletic director Kevin Reneau.· He is offensive coordinator and acting athletic director at South Mountain High.
· Barrie Catchpole, a director of Quilter Goodison, will become deputy managing director.· Both the executive director of the agency and the deputy executive director are black.
· John Akker is the executive director of Near.· The role of chief executive has gone to executive director, Mr Joe Stevenson.· Six years after its founding, she became its executive director.· Suzanne Strassburger, executive director of the association, did not return calls yesterday.
· The pros and cons of three possible posts were considered - commercial manager, general manager or director of coaching.· From his public comments it even mystifies the general director, Jeremy Isaacs, the star of the show.· The general director, Evvy Edwards, was recruited to administer the Halls in 1990.· He retired as general director of the Mission in 1902.
· It's all very mysterious - why, for instance, does Cape still need a managing director but not Chatto?· Royden Axe, managing director, Design Research Associates.· He became managing director of Esso in 1968 and was chairman from 1972 to 1980.· But now many of them can stand up in front of the gate and talk back to the managing director.· B was the managing director of the plaintiffs.· It gave Brian McMaster, the company's managing director, the worst night he has ever had.
· The future of new director general John Birt is in question because of his taxation arrangements.· Within the year, the new development director had brought in three times her salary.· Trustees representing substantial Ferranti family interests wrote to Sir Derek asking for the board to be replaced or supplemented by new directors.· After passing a State board licensing examination, new funeral directors may join the staff of a funeral home.· To the new directors Because you are new in the Opera House, I am writing to tell you some important things.· Supple told committee members that the university is currently searching for a new athletic director.· Mayne Nickless' new managing director, Bob Dalziel, will join the company on Monday.
· Neither he nor his peers were surprised when the regional director asked him to consider a management career.· Ian Frost, regional director of Inntrepreneur, said the leases offered big advantages over the short-term agreements.· An elected health commissioner would run the system with an appointed medical advisory board and regional directors.· A new united sales team for East Anglia is in place reporting to regional director.· Then the final choice lies with their regional directors.· Each region has a director and all the regional directors meet together as the Branches Committee.
NOUN· So an illustration may offer far wider possibilities for the art director to achieve special effects and a distinctive style.· When he awoke, he found himself in San Francisco -- as the art director of a ballet magazine.· Phil Bicker, our art director, never goes home. 9.· Do not let your editor or art director unduly influence you.· Leaver, then camping out on Oz art director Jonathan Goodchild's floor, joined the staff.· It aims to give writers and art directors a thorough grounding of the advertising business and valuable first-hand experience.· For some years now, writer and art director have been considered as equal partners working closely together.· A good production person must keep up with every development and ideally acquaint the art directors with every one as well.
· Future Systems has appointed three new associate directors.· Gross is an associate director at Woodbourne.· He later became associate director of circulation planning and vice president and business manager.· Early in the setup of the Northwest Respirator Center he hired Dunning to work as his part-time associate director.
· This listed the names of oil company directors who may have committed offences.· Statistics show that one in every three company directors aged 40 will die before reaching age 65.· The Review Panel now inspires real fear in company directors.· High-powered females, at that: these were company directors, partners, owner-managers and senior civil servants.· Reading Company Reports Like computer people and bank managers, company directors have a language of their own.· He was saved when company director dad Paul, 42, looked in by chance.· In addition, senior executives are largely drawn from the same narrow background as company directors.
· There are few film directors who can resist a good car chase.· And sometimes, he even toys with his long-running fantasy of dropping out of the business and becoming a film director.· So was film director Oliver Stone.· And those vignettes were made by local college students working with an award-winning independent film director.· Now the legendary film director wants Sam to fly to New York for a second interview next week.· Cleese, 52, fell for her after his divorce two years ago from his second wife, film director Barbara Trentham.· The usually private Sporty Spice posed hand-in-hand with film director Dan Cadan.· This film director, Bella Kropotkin, was undoubtedly after him, and undoubtedly he would take advantage of it - tonight!
· Mr Dignum, 52, has been group financial director since 1988 and was appointed finance director of the stores in January.· In a recent survey, finance directors were asked what change they would most like to see in corporate governance.· Colin was fulsome in his praise of the role of finance directors in delivering a near impossible set of financial reforms.· Vince Luck was brought in as finance director from Northern Foods.· As trade in services soars, taxmen will find it harder to keep up with clever finance directors.· New director: Michael Taylor has been appointed to the board of Northumbrian Water as finance director.· Mr Taylor was formerly group finance director of chemical and timber protection group, Hickson International.
· Some funeral directors will assist in do-it-yourself funerals by supplying a simple coffin and dealing with the documentation. 4.· To show proper respect and consideration for the families and the dead, funeral directors must dress appropriately.· The Independent Television Commission have now removed the ban on funeral directors.· Employment Funeral directors held about 26, 000 jobs in 1994.· Yet Scudamore concerns himself only with temporary preservation related to the needs and requirements of the modern funeral director.· It can be seen at Citizens Advice Bureaux, or at funeral directors who are members of the Association.· To unburden themselves of arranging and directing these tasks, grieving families turn to funeral directors.
· But he so impressed bosses they asked him to apply for the more senior post of general marketing director.· The effects of inflation are not limited to the shopping basket, says Raoul Pinnell, Prudential's marketing director.· The relaunch expenses paid off, doubling sales at many outlets, according to marketing director Peter Holmes.· Other examples in the 1980s include information technology directors, marketing directors, sales directors or, indeed, human resources directors.· Robin Whitbread, marketing director, was voted Marketer of the Year.· So the marketing director enters a coalition with the research director to pressure the boss to allocate more resources to product design.
VERB· Future Systems has appointed three new associate directors.· Sheila Tindle, 28, has been appointed a local director at the Middlesbrough offices of stockbroker Wise Speke.· Eventually Powell was appointed director of the U.S.· William Denny was appointed as the director to represent the family's interests.
· The idea that he should become a director came from Edwards.· He grew up at the club before becoming its director in 1957.· He wanted to train as a chartered accountant with the ultimate aim of becoming a managing director.· The foundation merged with the new arts center when it opened in October 1994 and Shaw became museum director.· Joy Colthup, course leader, general studies, becomes director of studies, enrichment.· Three years later he was assigned to be deputy director of the Office of Space Systems and became its director in 1969.
· As a practical matter, boards of directors are reasonably safe from being thrown out by the stockholders.
· Stanley Druckenmiller, managing director of Soros' funds, also was to have spoken during the panel discussion.· Weisenburger also is managing director of Wasserstein Perella, which stands to make close to $ 200 million on its 1990 investment.· Warrington Council has been given a detailed presentation on Liverpool's proposals by airport managing director Rod Hill.· Henry Fan, managing director of Citic, said the company is changing its focus as it shifts assets.· Green, a managing director of the Washington office of Lehman Brothers Inc., could not be reached for comment.
· He made his son vice president and his daughter marketing director.· And to marketing director Elizabeth Carduff, whose support and deep-felt response to this book has turned business into pure pleasure.· He began his career as corporate marketing director for Booth Newspapers.· The client Merrill is a 32-year-old marketing director at an East Bay company.
· Offhand, I would say a company director.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► acting manager/head teacher/director etc► emeritus professor/director etc
- Employment Hotel managers and assistant managers held about 105, 000 wage and salary jobs in 1994.
- He started at the Town House in 1991, working as assistant manager from 1997 to 1999.
- He worked his way up from kitchen porter, assistant cook, employment at a casino and by painting and decorating.
- Hotel managers and assistant managers strive to ensure their guests will have a pleasant stay.
- One of his teammates will be former Darlington assistant manager Tony McAndrew.
- She and assistant manager Lance Green had been instructed to improve profits at the expense of Burger King.
- The, the, the late director was pushed and knocked down I guess when he was assistant director.
- West Ham's assistant manager Harry Redknapp has been another victim of a fans' fit-up.
- Early in the setup of the Northwest Respirator Center he hired Dunning to work as his part-time associate director.
- Gross is an associate director at Woodbourne.
- He later became associate director of circulation planning and vice president and business manager.
- Mike McCarthy is associate director, head of sixth-form studies.
- The aim is now to change the constitution to elect four associate members on to a management committee.
- These activities are available when you join the society as an associate member.
- Ben Bagdikian, professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley.
- He retired in 1964 with the title professor emeritus of the University of London.
- Nathan Keyfitz, a professor emeritus of sociology and population at Harvard University, has spent considerable time analyzing the debate.
- Noel Timms is professor emeritus, University of Leicester.
- Finally, on November 24, he took over the reins of the Puzzle Palace from the retiring director.
WORD FAMILYnoundirectiondirectnessdirectorverbdirectredirectadjectivedirect ≠ indirectadverbdirectly ≠ indirectly
1someone who controls or manages a companydirector of a former director of Gartmore Pensions Ltd The company is run by a board of directors (=a group of directors).2someone who is in charge of a particular activity or organizationdirector of the director of educationfinance/marketing/sales etc director (=the person in charge of the financial department etc)3the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play → managing director, non-executive directorCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3types of directora film/movie director· the film director Stephen Spielberga theatre director British English, a theater director American English:· 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.