art director

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   the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)

   Broaderstage director

Questions about art director

What does art director mean?

art director means "the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)".

Is art director a common word?

art director is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.