Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project.

List of specific terms known commonly as "director":

• Artistic Director
  • film director
  • television director
  • theatre director
  • cinematographer, director of photography
  • music director
  • art director
  • casting director
  • choral director
• Administrative and Commercial Director
  • member of a board of directors
  • technical director
  • funeral director
  • administrator
  • chief executive officer
• Objects
  • Macromedia Director multimedia authoring software

Other director titles are : executive-director, director-general, associate-director, assistant-director, vice-director, managing director.

A directorate is the agency of a director.