director

director
di‧rec‧tor S2 W1 /dəˈrektə, dɪˈrektə, daɪ- $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. 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).
2. 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)
3. the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play ⇨ producer
⇨ managing director, non-executive director
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 3)

■ types of director
   ▪ a film/movie director the film director Stephen Spielberg
   ▪ a theatre director British English, a theater director AmE: 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.
     

THESAURUS

■ the people who make film
   ▪ actor a man or woman who acts in a film: a previously unknown actor | Brando was one of Hollywood’s greatest actors.
   ▪ actress 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’.
   ▪ star a famous actor or actress: He looked liked a movie star. | a hotel which was used by the stars
   ▪ director the person who tells the actors and actresses in a film what to do: The director of the film is Quentin Tarantino.
   ▪ producer the person who makes the arrangements for a film to be made and controls the budget
   ▪ film/movie crew the people operating the camera, lights etc who help the director make a film