directorial

1. connected with the director of a film or play: 2. connected with a manager…

Meaning of

directorial

in English


directorial


adjective


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ˌdɪr.ekˈtɔːr.i.əl

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ˌdɪr.ekˈtɔː.ri.əl

/


His

latest

directorial

effort

is a

movie

that

opens


nationwide

on

Friday

.


She

crosses

over into

documentary


filmmaking

for her directorial

debut

.


Is she

ready

for directorial

responsibility

?


The

decision

to

employ

him was

based

on his

ability

to

slip

into a

managerial

or directorial

role

.


See



director

The

movie

has

confirmed

him as a

major

directorial

talent

.

She

adds

this

play

to her

list

of directorial

credits

.

The

film

gives

testament

to his

strong

directorial

vision

.


Managing and organizing


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(Definition of

directorial

from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus


© Cambridge University Press)

directorial

| Business English


directorial


adjective


WORKPLACE

,

MANAGEMENT


uk

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ˌdɪrekˈtɔːriəl

/


us

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/

dɪˌrekˈtɔriəl

/


The

investment


proposal

would have

involved

four new directorial

appointments

.

(Definition of

directorial

from the

Cambridge Business English Dictionary


© Cambridge University Press)

Examples

of


directorial

directorial


What constitutes horror is simply a matter of

directorial

choice.


It’s a willful performance and interesting

directorial

choice, that at times unsettles the play.


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He should keep making these movies; he should just make them better, by investing in his

directorial

craft the passion he puts into his themes.

From

TIME


But, above all, he does so through an ingeniously conceived and realized

directorial

schema.


He marks his

directorial

debut with the satire, which he also wrote.


It was his

directorial

debut and her film debut.


But he’s never been in a position to make

directorial

decisions.


But the very question of commercial recognition renders the

directorial

exertion to imprint one’s own style on the world at large all the more difficult.


Some have proven remarkably adaptable to

directorial

gimmicks while managing to find new relevance for new audiences in new generations.


His

directorial

work has also contributed to the national parlance.


He made his

directorial

debut with the film.


Holding the enterprise back, however, is a terribly restrained

directorial

approach and academic visual style that prevent the lubricious story from truly coming to life.


She’s also considering converting her

directorial

debut to black and white.


When you do something that’s six hours, there’s a definitely a

directorial

vision which you have to have.


And not solely because of his

directorial

wizardry, which has brought him major recognition throughout the industry, but for his oversized personality.

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