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.
3. artistic director.

art director

noun

1. a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film

Word History and Origins

Origin of art director¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“He’s going to create a stellar team for them,” said Gary Cox, senior art director at mobile game studio MobilityWare.

From Digiday

“We have a couple upcoming shoots that are going to be in-person, and the shoots themselves are going to feel relatively normal,” said Jack Foster, art director and film director at creative studio Stink Studios.

From Digiday

“People are dreaming about starting to travel again and summer is coming up, which is important for a cold country like Sweden,” said Emma Eriksson a former art director at the advertising agency Forsman & Bodenfors in Sweden.

From Digiday

The person recently in charge of Tesla’s vehicle and mobile user interface design, for example, was previously a senior art director at Apple, though he recently departed Tesla as well.

From Washington Post

There may be no better example of how NFTs can change an artist’s career than this senior concept designer and art director.

From Ozy

The book, edited by former Yank magazine art director Art Weithas, featured visual art from the war and was a best seller.

From The Daily Beast

Subject: Congratulate Seth Wallis on his promotion to senior art director!

From The Daily Beast

I met Wes because I was working with his production designer as an art director.

From The Daily Beast

"He didn't respect his talent," says Michael Gross, the former Lampoon art director, who saw him frequently in California.

From The Daily Beast

In desperation a new art director was brought in and told to change the look of the book.

From The Daily Beast

The Art Director approved it on sight, though he said nothing, but carried it in to the Editor.

From Project Gutenberg

He was born in 1642, and, therefore, was 25 years of age when Lebrun was appointed Art-director.

From Project Gutenberg

He took one of these after a month to Truth, and again the Art Director was his victim.

From Project Gutenberg

"That's all right," said the Editor as the Art Director took the drawing down.

From Project Gutenberg

And I want to become an art director because I think I'd make a good one.

From Project Gutenberg