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director

 
/dəˈrek·tər/, /dɑɪ-/ n [C]

Definition

a person in charge of an organization or of a particular part of a company’s business: a marketing director A director is also a person who tells actors in a movie or play how to play their parts.
(Definition of director n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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