How to Use director in a Sentence

director

noun
  • The company will hire a new director of marketing.
  • She's the director of graduate studies at the university.
  • She's considered one of the best young directors in Hollywood.
  • Some directors are a little bit more out of reach.
    — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
  • When the artistic director saw it, too, the part was hers.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Sitting down with a director for the first time is one of my favorite things.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And yet the dog-loving creative director was too good to be true.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The director was male and the role was Evita.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
  • Every time the director calls for a reset is a chance for cast and crew alike to cool off.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Friend of the director Marc Jacobs had his own fits to show off.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2022
  • So the fun of the director’s cuts is the hour of additional footage in each of the films.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Nathaniel Rateliff has joined the board of directors for Farm Aid.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
  • New directors, new cast members, what’s even coming back?
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Hart will also remain a member of the board of directors.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • And then, just to make sure the room — and world — heard him, the Frankenstein director said it again.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Reinhart did not reveal the male director’s name.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The sporting director who appointed him in the spring was sacked.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There is the theater made by playwrights and actors and directors.
    — Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Boy George serves as creative director.
    — Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026
  • Not long after, a composer texted to say how the same director had just brought up his name and love for the short.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • The directors don’t know, either.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The governor would appoint a director who would serve as head of the office for five years.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • The surprise was never that the director looked at life through the other side of the telescope lens.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The actor-director has been an on again, off again blonde for the last few years, but acting roles have kept her hair a dark brunette.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Don't hold your breath, director Chris Columbus says.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The camp directors have mixed feelings but understand there are times the outdoors won't cut it.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 22 July 2023
  • Over the next decade Byrne proved to be a strong athletic director, save for football.
    — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2022
  • That means every angle needs to be screen-ready and not tainted by equipment, crew or the director.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Quentin Tarantino is one of my favorite directors.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
  • Sara said of the Haunting of Hill House director.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026

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