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art director

[ ahrt di-rek-ter, dahy- ]

noun

  1. Movies, Television. the person who determines the staging requirements for a production and often designs the sets or supervises their building and dressing.
  2. Also called art editor. a person who is responsible for the selection, execution, production, etc., of graphic art for a publication, advertising agency, or the like.


art director

noun

  1. a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of art director1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

The art director thought that Elliot would be a perfect model for a new clothing range and got in touch with him on social media through a modelling agency.

From BBC

Laura Dodds, an associate art director, described the entity as embodying a “terrible beauty,” something “unknowable, strange, beautiful, but not necessarily malevolent.”

His wife, Joni, another exile from Surfer, serves as art director.

We will select 80 illustrators to be paired with art directors from The New York Times for individual portfolio critiques.

My art director, Miguel González, also went to go take photos and research, and came back with a bunch of books.

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