How to Use director in a Sentence

director

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  • 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.
  • 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
  • Tatum stepped in to play the role of the launch director after actor Chris Evans, who had been first attached to the role.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The board should fill the vacancy caused by the resigned director.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • And yet the dog-loving creative director was too good to be true.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The prize money is to be split between the producers and the directors of the winning film.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 July 2024
  • But the story, told by director Tomáš Mašín in Brothers is all true.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Yes, things fall from the sky in writer and director Colin West’s film.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • But this also underscores the director’s challenge with the rest of the film.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The director points out that Bouchard’s involvement also made the episode stand out.
    — Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The movie’s director Joel Souza was also shot and injured.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Knowing that the little girl wanted to be an actress, the famed director decided to put her to the test.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The camp directors have mixed feelings but understand there are times the outdoors won't cut it.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 22 July 2023
  • More even than magnetism and talent and charm, a force of will that directors like Paul Feig and Luhrmann recognize in her.
    — Andrew Sean Greer, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Like Abraham said, our dad was a choir director in Detroit.
    — Akili King, Essence, 2 July 2024
  • In cases where the director is gay, there’s a good chance said that first feature will be a coming-of-age/coming-out story.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 July 2023
  • The government will hold a vote among the workers about whether to unionize, the regional director wrote.
    — Josh Eidelson, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Coates married television director Richard L. Bare in 1948, but the two split a year later.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Hutchins was killed during a rehearsal when a gun in Baldwin’s hand fired a live bullet, shooting her in the chest and director Joel Souza in the shoulder.
    — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • During the process of creating Napoleon, the 85-year-old director molded the film directly around Phoenix.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2023
  • Of the cast, Judy Greer stands out as the flustered but patient substitute pageant director and mom who learns to raise her voice in support of the kids the church wants to avoid and leave behind.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Sarah Mitchell is a marketing director in McAllen, Texas.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The idea came from the coalition’s executive director, the Rev. Rhonda Thomas.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The standout is no doubt the dramatic reception room, which used to serve as a dining hall for ICI directors.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 June 2023
  • But the potent combination of two gifted lead actors and a director who’s among the world’s best will make this a must-see curio for many.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • The library’s board of trustees announced this week that Jessica Breslin will be the new library director.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The agency has been without a director since December 2021, when Dr. Francis Collins stepped down from his post.
    — Catherine Herridge, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Multiple writers and directors boarded the new Blade over the years only to later part ways.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024

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