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nounA person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession.
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nounthe person who directs the making of a film
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Afrikaans regisseur, regisseuse
- regisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- regisseusea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- filmregisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- filmregisseusea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- rolprentregisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- rolprentregisseusea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Arabic مُخْرِج, مُخْرِجَة
- مُخْرِج (muḵrij)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- مُخْرِجَة (muḵrija)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Basque zuzendari
- zuzendaria person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Bengali পরিচালক
- পরিচালক (poricalok)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Bulgarian режисьо́р, режисьо́рка
- режисьо́р (režisjór)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- режисьо́рка (režisjórka)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Catalan realitzador, realitzadora
- realitzadora person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- realitzadoraa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- director de cinemaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- directora de cinemaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Chinese Cantonese 電影導演 /电影导演
- 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
- 電影導演 /电影导演 (diànyǐng dǎoyǎn)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Czech režisér, režisérka
- režiséra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- režisérkaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Danish filminstruktør
- filminstruktøra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Dutch regisseur, regisseuse
- regisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- regisseusea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- filmregisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- filmregisseusea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Estonian režissöör, lavastaja
- režissööra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- lavastajaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Finnish elokuvaohjaaja
- elokuvaohjaajaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
French réalisateur, réalisatrice
- réalisateura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- réalisatricea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
German Filmregisseur, Filmregisseurin
- Filmregisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- Filmregisseurina person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- Regisseura person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- Regisseurina person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Greek σκηνοθέτης, σκηνοθέτρια
- σκηνοθέτης (skinothétis)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- σκηνοθέτρια (skinothétria)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Hebrew בַּמַּאי, במאי קולנוע
- בַּמַּאי (bamáy)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- במאי קולנוע (bamáy kolnóa)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- במאי סרטים (bamáy sratím)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Hindi फ़िल्म निर्देशक, निर्देशक
- फ़िल्म निर्देशक (film nirdeśak)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- निर्देशक (nirdeśak)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Hungarian rendező, filmrendező
- rendezőa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- filmrendezőa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Icelandic leikstjóri
- leikstjória person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Indonesian sutradara
- sutradaraa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Italian regista
- registaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Japanese 映画監督
- 映画監督 (eiga kantoku)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Korean 영화 감독
- 영화 감독 (yeonghwa gamdok)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Latvian kinorežisors, kinorežisore
- kinorežisorsa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- kinorežisorea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- režisorsa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- režisorea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Lithuanian režisierius, režisierė
- režisieriusa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- režisierėa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Malay pengarah filem
- pengarah filema person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Norwegian Bokmål filmregissør, regissør
- filmregissøra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- regissøra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Polish reżyser, reżyserka
- reżysera person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- reżyserkaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Portuguese diretor de cinema, realizador
- diretor de cinemaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- realizadora person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Romanian regizor, regizor de film
- regizora person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- regizor de filma person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Russian режиссёр, режиссёрка
- режиссёр (režissjór)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- режиссёрка (režissjórka)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- кинорежиссёр (kinorežissjór)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- кинорежиссёрка (kinorežissjórka)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Slovak režisér, režisérka
- režiséra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- režisérkaa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Spanish director de cine, director cinematográfico
- director de cinea person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- director cinematográficoa person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- realizadora person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Swahili mwelekezi wa filamu
- mwelekezi wa filamua person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Swedish filmregissör
- filmregissöra person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Tamil இயக்குநர், திரைப்பட இயக்குநர்
- இயக்குநர் (iyakkunar)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- திரைப்பட இயக்குநர் (tiraippaṭa iyakkunar)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Thai ผู้กำกับภาพยนตร์
- ผู้กำกับภาพยนตร์ (pûu-gam-gàp-pâap-pá-yon)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Turkish film yönetmeni
- film yönetmenia person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Ukrainian режисе́р, кінорежисе́р
- режисе́р (režysér)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- кінорежисе́р (kinorežysér)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- режисе́рка (režysérka)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Urdu فِلْمی ہِدایَت کار, ہِدایَت کار
- فِلْمی ہِدایَت کار (filmī hidāyat kār)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- ہِدایَت کار (hidāyat kār)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Vietnamese người đạo diễn, nhà đạo diễn
- người đạo diễna person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
- nhà đạo diễna person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
Yiddish רעזשיסאָר
- רעזשיסאָר (rezhisor)a person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession
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APA
film director. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20director
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“film director.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20director. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “film director,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20director.
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