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.
  • 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
  • But the story, told by director Tomáš Mašín in Brothers is all true.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The director points out that Bouchard’s involvement also made the episode stand out.
    — Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • During the process of creating Napoleon, the 85-year-old director molded the film directly around Phoenix.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2023
  • The idea came from the coalition’s executive director, the Rev. Rhonda Thomas.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 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
  • Nolan could be the 11th person to pull off an Oscar hat trick, winning picture, director and screenplay.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The film is inspired by the director’s own feelings about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and its devastating impact on the country.
    — Karen Idelson, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The actor and director divided the character’s journey into a timeline of three weeks, three months and three years.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The director told the South Korean press that Dune Messiah is being written right now.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The Gilead expansion will take place in two phases, according to a June 10 letter to the city from Chase Ronge, a project director and consultant for the company.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • The rapper Cardi wowed the crowds in an oversized black feathered bolero, teamed with a black corseted gown that was designed for her by the brand's creative director Daniel Roseberry.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • During that period of time, one of the people most tasked with getting the Williams sisters to return was Simon, the tournament director.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Last night was busy for Olivia Wilde, but the director seamlessly transitioned between engagements thanks in part to her trusty pair of leather platform boots.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
  • But Milli Vanilli, the new documentary from director Luke Korem, tells a different side of the tale.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2023
  • The directors also reacted to the pressure some viewers have put on former child actors to speak out in response to the documentary.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Hilton Carter is a plant and interior stylist, director and artist who nurtures several hundred plants in his own home.
    — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The director also believed that if the year were 1970, her character undoubtedly would have been an avid smoker.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Melody Walker, director of planning and operations for the museum, said corruption was to blame for the throng of people packed onto the boat.
    — Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Big Sean, also a fervent Detroit sports fan, has spent the last few years working as the creative director of innovation for the Detroit Pistons.
    — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Sanders still reports to a white athletic director and a white president, but, as Jackson State’s president learned, Sanders has the leverage.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023

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