director

(dĭ-rĕk'tər, dī-)
n.

1. One that supervises, controls, or manages.
2. A member of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of an institution or corporation.
3. A person who supervises the creative aspects of a dramatic production or film and instructs the actors and crew.
4. The conductor of an orchestra or chorus.
5. An electronic device that continually calculates and displays information used for firing weapons at moving targets, such as missiles or aircraft.

directorship di·rec'tor·ship' n.

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A 3D animation authoring and playback system for Windows and Mac from Adobe. Director is used to develop sophisticated interactive games and virtual worlds. Using a bitmap-based rendering engine and supporting myriad multimedia formats, including Flash, developers script their animations in JavaScript or Adobe's Lingo.

Create in Director, Play in Shockwave

Director source files use a .DIR extension and can be edited and run between platforms. For distribution over the Web, DIR source files are published to Shockwave files (.DCR extension) that are played in Shockwave Player either within the Web browser or from stand-alone applications.

Introduced by MacroMind in 1985 for the Mac as VideoWorks, it became MacroMind Director and finally, via mergers, Macromedia Director. A version for Windows was later developed, and Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. See Shockwave, Shockmachine, shocked site, SWF and Flash.

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1. head of a governmental agency.


2. member on the board of directors of a corporation. The board of directors that is selected by the shareholders is the chief governing body of the corporation. It has the sole responsibility for the declaration of dividends. It also decides on major areas, including expansion, retraction, change of product, and selection of corporate officers.

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noun

1. One who is highest in rank or authority: boss, chief, chieftain, head, headman, hierarch, leader, master. Slang honcho. Idioms: cock of the walk. See over/under.
2. Someone who directs and supervises workers: boss, foreman, foreperson, forewoman, head, manager, overseer, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, taskmistress. Informal straw boss. Slang chief. See over/under.
3. A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization: administrant, administrator, executive, manager, officer, official. Informal exec. See over/under.
4. Something or someone that shows the way: conductor, escort, guide, lead, leader, pilot, shepherd, usher. See show/hide.

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One who supervises, regulates, or controls.

A director is the head of an organization, either elected or appointed, who generally has certain powers and duties relating to management or administration. A corporation's board of directors is composed of a group of people who are elected by the shareholders to make important company policy decisions.

Director has been used synonymously with manager.

IN BRIEF: Person who manages the work of others.

I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.

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A long, slender, grooved instrument for guiding a knife or other surgical instrument.

n

A person elected by shareholders at the annual meeting to establish company policies. The directors appoint the president, vice presidents, and all other operating officers. Directors decide, among other matters, if and when dividends shall be paid.

For a list of words related to director, see:

• Employers, Employees, and Business People - director: member of board of directors; top corporate executive
• General Titles, Positions, and Status - director: one entrusted with overall supervision
• Occupations and Job Titles
• Actors, Characters, and Theater People - director: person responsible for blocking stage movements, motivating actors, and providing unity to production
• Movie People and Show Business - director: creative overseer of motion picture who guides actors, determines narrative style, and selects camera angles

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - direktør, direktionsmedlem, dirigent, instruktør, sjælesørger

Nederlands (Dutch)
directeur, regisseur, dirigent, bestuurder

Français (French)
n. - directeur, administrateur, (Théât) metteur en scène, (Cin, Radio, TV) réalisateur, (Relig) directeur de conscience, guide (un appareil)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Direktor, Leiter, Regisseur, Dirigent

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διευθυντής, σκηνοθέτης, σύμβουλος ή μέλος διοικητικού συμβουλίου

Italiano (Italian)
direttore, regista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diretor (m)

Русский (Russian)
директор, режиссер

Español (Spanish)
n. - director, administrador, directivo, dirigente, realizador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - direktör, handledare, rektor, styrelsemedlem

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
主任, 导演, 主管

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 主任, 導演, 主管

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지시자, 연출가, 지도자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 指導者, 重役, 取締役, 管理者, 所長, 監督, 演出家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدير, مخرج, قائد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנהל, במאי‬

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