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film director

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: megger

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the person who directs the making of a film

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: director

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker

Narrower terms: Bergman, Ingmar Bergman, Bunuel, Luis Bunuel, Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: regisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Afrikaans: regisseuse — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Afrikaans: filmregisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Afrikaans: filmregisseuse — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Afrikaans: rolprentregisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Afrikaans: rolprentregisseuse — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Albanian: regjisor — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Arabic: مُخْرِج (muḵrij) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Arabic: مُخْرِجَة (muḵrija) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Arabic: مُخْرِج (muḵrij) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Arabic: مُخْرِجة (muḵrija) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Armenian: ռեժիսոր (ṙežisor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Armenian: կինոռեժիսոր (kinoṙežisor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Azerbaijani: kinorejissor — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Basque: zuzendari — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Belarusian: рэжысёр (režysjór) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Belarusian: рэжысёрка (režysjórka) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Belarusian: кінарэжысёр (kinarežysjór) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Belarusian: кінарэжысёрка (kinarežysjórka) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Bengali: পরিচালক (poricalok) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Bulgarian: режисьо́р (režisjór) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Bulgarian: режисьо́рка (režisjórka) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Catalan: realitzador — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Catalan: realitzadora — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Catalan: director de cinema — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Catalan: directora de cinema — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電影導演 /电影导演 (din6 jing2 dou6 jin2) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電影導演 /电影导演 (diànyǐng dǎoyǎn) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Corsican: regista — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Corsican: reghjista — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Czech: režisér — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Czech: režisérka — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Danish: filminstruktør — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Dutch: regisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Dutch: regisseuse — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Dutch: filmregisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Dutch: filmregisseuse — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Estonian: režissöör — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Estonian: lavastaja — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Finnish: elokuvaohjaaja — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • French: réalisateur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • French: réalisatrice — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • West-Frisian: regisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • West-Frisian: regisseuse — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Georgian: რეჟისორი (režisori) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • German: Filmregisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • German: Filmregisseurin — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • German: Regisseur — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • German: Regisseurin — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Greek: σκηνοθέτης (skinothétis) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Greek: σκηνοθέτρια (skinothétria) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hebrew: בַּמַּאי (bamáy) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hebrew: במאי קולנוע (bamáy kolnóa) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hebrew: במאי סרטים (bamáy sratím) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hindi: फ़िल्म निर्देशक (film nirdeśak) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hindi: निर्देशक (nirdeśak) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hungarian: rendező — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Hungarian: filmrendező — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Icelandic: leikstjóri — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Indonesian: sutradara — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Italian: regista — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Japanese: 映画監督 (eiga kantoku) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Kazakh: кинорежиссёр (kinorejisser) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Kazakh: режиссёр (rejisser) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Khmer: អ្នកដឹកនាំរឿង (nĕək dək nŏəm rɨəng) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Korean: 영화 감독 (yeonghwa gamdok) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Kyrgyz: режиссёр (rejissyor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Kyrgyz: кинорежиссёр (kinorejissyor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Latvian: kinorežisors — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Latvian: kinorežisore — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Latvian: režisors — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Latvian: režisore — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Lithuanian: režisierius — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Lithuanian: režisierė — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Macedonian: режисе́р (režisér) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Macedonian: кинорежисе́р (kinorežisér) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Malay: pengarah filem — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Marathi: दिग्दर्शक (digdarśak) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Marathi: चित्रपट दिग्दर्शक (citrapaṭ digdarśak) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Mongolian: кино найруулагч (kino najruulagč) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Mongolian: найруулагч (najruulagč) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Norwegian Bokmål: filmregissør — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regissør — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Iranian Persian: رِژیسور (režisor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Polish: reżyser — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Polish: reżyserka — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Portuguese: diretor de cinema — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Portuguese: realizador — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Romanian: regizor — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Romanian: regizor de film — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Russian: режиссёр (režissjór) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Russian: режиссёрка (režissjórka) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Russian: кинорежиссёр (kinorežissjór) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Russian: кинорежиссёрка (kinorežissjórka) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Serbo-Croatian: режѝсе̄р — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Serbo-Croatian: режѝсе̄рка — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Serbo-Croatian: režìsēr — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Serbo-Croatian: režìsērka — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Sicilian: rigista — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Sicilian: riggista — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Slovak: režisér — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Slovak: režisérka — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Slovene: režiser — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Spanish: director de cine — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Spanish: director cinematográfico — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Spanish: realizador — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Swahili: mwelekezi wa filamu — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Swedish: filmregissör — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Tajik: режиссёр (režissyor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Tajik: режиссёри синамо (režissyor-i sinamo) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Tajik: коргардони синамо (korgardon-i sinamo) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Tamil: இயக்குநர் (iyakkunar) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Tamil: திரைப்பட இயக்குநர் (tiraippaṭa iyakkunar) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Telugu: దర్శకుడు (darśakuḍu) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Telugu: దర్శకురాలు (darśakurālu) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Thai: ผู้กํากับภาพยนตร์ (pûu-gam-gàp-pâap-pá-yon) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Turkish: film yönetmeni — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Ukrainian: режисе́р (režysér) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Ukrainian: кінорежисе́р (kinorežysér) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Ukrainian: режисе́рка (režysérka) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Urdu: فِلْمی ہِدایَت کار (filmī hidāyat kār) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Urdu: ہِدایَت کار (hidāyat kār) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Uyghur: رېژىسسور (rëzhissor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Uzbek: rejissyor — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Uzbek: kinorejissyor — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Vietnamese: người đạo diễn — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Vietnamese: nhà đạo diễn — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
  • Yiddish: רעזשיסאָר (rezhisor) — a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession