stage director

noun

1. a person who directs a theatrical production.
2. (formerly) a stage manager.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stage director¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The author also traces the ways in which Nichols’s own experience as a performer, as a stage director, and as a film and TV director all informed each other.

From Vox

A stage director with Hollywood film credit — he helmed 2000’s “A Map of the World” with Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore — Elliott has made the New Group a showcase for top-drawer writers and actors.

From Washington Post

The stage director would not again attend the performance of The Spring Road until the day of the first production.

From Project Gutenberg

And there was Lil herself and the black figure of the little stage director.

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And presently he consulted his watch and followed the stage-director.

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Thus began an unending succession of triumphs as a theatrical producer and stage director.

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In this studio we insist upon and enforce discipline, just as your stage director will do when you join some company.

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