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Director

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/dəˈrektə/nounCore term

In film & television, director means: The person who leads the creative side of a film or TV episode, guiding the actors and the crew and deciding how each scene should look and feel.

In Turkish: yönetmen

How it is used

Used everywhere from film school to festival juries. A director directs a film, calls action and cut on set and works closely with the cinematographer and the editor. Common types: film director, TV director, first-time director, documentary director.

Example sentences

  1. The director wants one more take with the camera a little lower.

  2. It is her second feature as a director, and it has already been invited to Venice.

Common collocations

  • film director
  • first-time director
  • directed by
  • the director's vision
  • director's cut
  • producerThe person who makes a film or TV project happen: finding the money, hiring key people, managing the budget and schedule and seeing the project through to release.
  • cinematographerThe head of the camera and lighting departments, who decides with the director how the film will look: framing, lenses, camera movement and light.
  • assistant directorA crew member who organises the shooting schedule and runs the set day to day so that the director can focus on the creative work.
  • castAll the actors who play the characters in a film, series or play. As a verb, to cast someone means to choose them for a role.
  • crewThe people who work behind the camera on a film or TV production, such as the camera, lighting, sound, art, costume and production teams.

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