director's chair

noun

1. a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.

director's chair

noun

1. a light wooden folding chair with arm rests and a canvas seat and back

Word History and Origins

Origin of director's chair¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

“Grease” choreographer Pat Birch took the director’s chair, juicing up the shaky story and strained humor with numerous energetic dance sequences, including the perky sex education class number “Reproduction.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I sat down in the director's chair, and I looked at Peter's face, and I just relaxed. I was just like, 'Thank God,'" Donovan tells me via FaceTime.

From Salon

He also returned to the director's chair in 1990 with the film Frankenstein Unbound.

From BBC

Yet in “Final Cut,” Bach isn’t simply falling on his sword, nor is Cimino simply a dictator in the director’s chair.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t know if the crew did this, or what, but Hitchcock had his director’s chair.

From Los Angeles Times