directors
They call shots
Directors are people who direct—who guide, manage, or oversee something.
A film director shapes a movie's creative vision.
A company's board of directors governs corporate decisions.
A director of a department or organization leads its operations: She was named director of the research institute.
The title suggests authority over a defined domain.
Person capturing screen visuals
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- producerOne who makes things
- auteurDirector with total control
- editorOne who revises text
casting · storyboard · screenplay · dailies · soundstage · mise-en-scène · blockbuster · indie
How authority is exercised
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
stakeholders · chairperson · executive · nonexecutive · audit · committee · bylaws · quorum
Organizing and directing resources
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
- chiefTop-ranking leader
overseer · supervisor · head · authority · principal · superintendent · commander · captain
Preparing for presentation
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- castingShaping through liquid form
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
dramaturgy · ensemble · production · understudy · curtain call · opening night · Broadway · West End
Ability to see
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
composition · narrative · style · tone · collaboration · innovation · expression · conceptualization
cinematographer
Person capturing screen visuals
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- producerOne who makes things
- auteurDirector with total control
editor · casting · storyboard · screenplay · dailies · soundstage · mise-en-scène · blockbuster · indie · documentary
governance
How authority is exercised
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
shareholders · stakeholders · chairperson · executive · nonexecutive · audit · committee · bylaws · quorum · resolution
management
Organizing and directing resources
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
chief · overseer · supervisor · head · authority · principal · superintendent · commander · captain · governor
staging
Preparing for presentation
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- castingShaping through liquid form
playwright · dramaturgy · ensemble · production · understudy · curtain call · opening night · Broadway · West End · revival
vision
Ability to see
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- interpretationAssigned meaning
aesthetics · composition · narrative · style · tone · collaboration · innovation · expression · conceptualization · originality
- arts worldartists, galleries, museums, studios, painters
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- entertainmentmovie, movies, films, band, television
- filmmovies, film, filmmaking, cinematography, film editing
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- HollywoodHollywood, Tinseltown, Hollywood Sign, silver screen, movie stars
directorsemployees
Paid staff members
subordinates · workers · staff · underlings · rank and file
directorsfollowers
People who support someone
subordinates · executors · implementers · servants · foot soldiers
directorsextras
Additional items included
actors · performers · cast · bit players · crew
- funeral directorsThose who arrange burials
- director generalHighest-ranking organizational leader
- film directorCinematic project leader
- art directorVisual design supervisor
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- director's cutFilmmaker's intended version
director, directory, directorate, directorship, codirector, codirectors, director general