theater director
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- noun
- /ˈθiːətər dɪˈrɛktər/
- US
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director de teatro
- After years of hard work, he finally achieved his dream of becoming a theater director.
- Broadway theater director
- avant-garde theater director
- avant-garde theater director
Examples
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Gary is a very creative theater director that I have worked with in the past.
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My partner trained as a theatre director in Sydney, Australia, a decade ago.
Blog text (29) -
Zuabi trained as an actor in an Israeli arts school before he changed direction and became a theatre director.
Blog text (16) -
He always wanted to be a theater director, writer, and actor.
Fiction book (1993) -
Michael Grandage is a British theatre director and was, at the time of the interview, the artistic director of the Crucible Theatre.
Academic text (2009) -
The brilliant theater director is a Telluride regular and a legendary hugger.
Blog text (15) -
Irina Popandopulo, a Greek girl I knew in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), was studying to become a theater director.
Fiction book (2001) -
Based on an Elmore Leonard novel, Valdez Is Coming was directed by theater director Edwin Sherin, and Burt Lancaster starred in and coproduced it.
Academic text (2017) -
As a renowned theater director, she guided the actors to deliver a brilliant performance.
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The theater director organized auditions to find the best talent for the upcoming play.
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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A person who guides actors and plans the action on stage
A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional from 'theater' (theatrical performance) and 'director' (person who leads artistic direction); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a person who directs stage productions. This noun+noun occupational construction is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so the MWE is immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Theater director comes from the image of a director at a theater, standing by the stage and pointing, telling actors where to move and how to act. That's why it means 'a person who is in charge of the actors and the artistic side of a stage show'.