film director
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- noun
- /fɪlm dɪˈrɛktər/
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director de cine
- The film director gave the actors clear instructions to achieve the desired performance.
Yes, yes, that a British film director discovered you while you were still in Med school.
- Yes, yes, that a British film director discovered you while you were still in Med school.
- And to Anna Spudich for helping to connect with Matt Brown, our film director for The Man Who Knew Infinity.
- Oh, Dave, one of my best friends, David von Anken, he was a television director and film director, Brilliant guy, wonderful human being.
- But unlike so many other feature film directors, you have this whole other world that you know extremely well.
- You have to go give the speech at the Film Independent Forum to the room full of aspiring film directors.
- And for me, like, you know, I studied film and narrative film making, and I thought I was going to be a feature film director.
- And our experience was we came to LAX landed, went straight to Beverly Hills to meet in the home of this like well known film director in our meeting.
- If you're, if you're like a like a, an adult film director.
- We might also think about, you know, dual roles where somebody is a film director, right, as being part of that.
- Yeah, as I said, rock stars to roofers, film directors, celebrity chefs to DPD drivers, sky technicians, whatever.
- No, but he he is a film director really at his core filmmaker, let's call it that, because he certainly produces and does other things and writes.
Examples
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Taiwanese-born American film director Ang Lee's career is difficult to pin down.
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It made my career as a film director.
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How would you like to meet the greatest film director who ever lived?
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I mean, I know how busy film directors get and all.
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Would an editor leave this place to become a film director?
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Well, I found a film director with a strange name who lived in Vancouver.
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Shooting short films was part of the training of prospective film directors.
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You'll be a famous film director in no time.
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She'd come here at the request of one of the most beloved film directors in Hollywood history.
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A great musician and film director, Emir Kusturica, is doing just that for his town in Serbia.
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Synonyms
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2.9
A person who leads and shapes the creative parts of a film, play, or concert
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3.2
A person who makes movies, often as a director or producer
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3.7
A person who makes movies
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A person who makes films by directing or producing them
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A person who makes movies, usually as a director or producer
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of making a film' is directly and transparently composed from 'film' (a movie) + 'director' (a person who directs). The noun+noun compound follows a common, predictable pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Film director comes from film meaning 'movie' and director meaning someone who 'directs' or leads others. Think of a person by the camera telling actors and the crew what to do — that's why a film director is the person who guides the acting and the look of a movie.