stage director

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noun

a person who directs a theatrical production.

(formerly) a stage manager.

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Origin of stage director

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby stage director

stage business, stagecoach, stagecraft, staged, stage direction, stage director, stage-dive, stage door, stage-door Johnny, stage-driver, stage effect

How to use stage director in a sentence

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.
We give geniuses license to be jerks. Mike Nichols tried not to be anyhow.|Emily VanDerWerff|April 2, 2021|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.
Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo take on ‘Godot,’ hoping it’s a powerhouse online|Peter Marks|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
The stage director would not again attend the performance of The Spring Road until the day of the first production.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
And there was Lil herself and the black figure of the little stage director.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison

And presently he consulted his watch and followed the stage-director.
Joan Thursday|Louis Joseph Vance
Thus began an unending succession of triumphs as a theatrical producer and stage director.
The Art of Stage Dancing|Ned Wayburn
In this studio we insist upon and enforce discipline, just as your stage director will do when you join some company.
The Art of Stage Dancing|Ned Wayburn