art director

English

Noun

art director (plural art directors)

1. A person who supervises and unifies the vision of an artistic production, including its visual appearance and psychological appeal to a target audience.

   Coordinate terms: dresser, property master, set dresser

Translations

person charged with overseeing the artistic elements of an entertainment medium

• Finnish: taiteellinen johtaja, art director (fi)
• French: directeur artistique m, directrice artistique f
• Italian: art director m, direttore artistico m
• Polish: dyrektor artystyczny m, dyrektorka artystyczna f

Further reading

• “art director”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “art director”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “art director”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “art director” (US) / “art director” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “art director”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English art director

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːt ˈdɑi̯rektə/, [ˈɑ̝ːt̪ ˈdɑ̝i̯re̞kt̪ə]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːt ˈdirektə/, [ˈɑ̝ːt̪ ˈdire̞kt̪ə]

Noun

art director

1. art director

   Synonym: taiteellinen johtaja

Declension

Inflection of art director (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		art director	art directorit
genitive		art directorin	art directorien art directoreiden art directoreitten
partitive		art directoria	art directoreita art directoreja
illative		art directoriin	art directoreihin
		singular	plural
nominative		art director	art directorit
accusative	nom.	art director	art directorit
	gen.	art directorin
genitive		art directorin	art directorien art directoreiden art directoreitten
partitive		art directoria	art directoreita art directoreja
inessive		art directorissa	art directoreissa
elative		art directorista	art directoreista
illative		art directoriin	art directoreihin
adessive		art directorilla	art directoreilla
ablative		art directorilta	art directoreilta
allative		art directorille	art directoreille
essive		art directorina	art directoreina
translative		art directoriksi	art directoreiksi
abessive		art directoritta	art directoreitta
instructive		—	art directorein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of art director (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative art directorini art directorini accusative nom. art directorini art directorini gen. art directorini genitive art directorini art directorieni art directoreideni art directoreitteni partitive art directoriani art directoreitani art directorejani inessive art directorissani art directoreissani elative art directoristani art directoreistani illative art directoriini art directoreihini adessive art directorillani art directoreillani ablative art directoriltani art directoreiltani allative art directorilleni art directoreilleni essive art directorinani art directoreinani translative art directorikseni art directoreikseni abessive art directorittani art directoreittani instructive — — comitative — art directoreineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative art directorisi art directorisi accusative nom. art directorisi art directorisi gen. art directorisi genitive art directorisi art directoriesi art directoreidesi art directoreittesi partitive art directoriasi art directoreitasi art directorejasi inessive art directorissasi art directoreissasi elative art directoristasi art directoreistasi illative art directoriisi art directoreihisi adessive art directorillasi art directoreillasi ablative art directoriltasi art directoreiltasi allative art directorillesi art directoreillesi essive art directorinasi art directoreinasi translative art directoriksesi art directoreiksesi abessive art directorittasi art directoreittasi instructive — — comitative — art directoreinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative art directorimme art directorimme accusative nom. art directorimme art directorimme gen. art directorimme genitive art directorimme art directoriemme art directoreidemme art directoreittemme partitive art directoriamme art directoreitamme art directorejamme inessive art directorissamme art directoreissamme elative art directoristamme art directoreistamme illative art directoriimme art directoreihimme adessive art directorillamme art directoreillamme ablative art directoriltamme art directoreiltamme allative art directorillemme art directoreillemme essive art directorinamme art directoreinamme translative art directoriksemme art directoreiksemme abessive art directorittamme art directoreittamme instructive — — comitative — art directoreinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative art directorinne art directorinne accusative nom. art directorinne art directorinne gen. art directorinne genitive art directorinne art directorienne art directoreidenne art directoreittenne partitive art directorianne art directoreitanne art directorejanne inessive art directorissanne art directoreissanne elative art directoristanne art directoreistanne illative art directoriinne art directoreihinne adessive art directorillanne art directoreillanne ablative art directoriltanne art directoreiltanne allative art directorillenne art directoreillenne essive art directorinanne art directoreinanne translative art directoriksenne art directoreiksenne abessive art directorittanne art directoreittanne instructive — — comitative — art directoreinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative art directorinsa art directorinsa accusative nom. art directorinsa art directorinsa gen. art directorinsa genitive art directorinsa art directoriensa art directoreidensa art directoreittensa partitive art directoriaan art directoriansa art directoreitaan art directorejaan art directoreitansa art directorejansa inessive art directorissaan art directorissansa art directoreissaan art directoreissansa elative art directoristaan art directoristansa art directoreistaan art directoreistansa illative art directoriinsa art directoreihinsa adessive art directorillaan art directorillansa art directoreillaan art directoreillansa ablative art directoriltaan art directoriltansa art directoreiltaan art directoreiltansa allative art directorilleen art directorillensa art directoreilleen art directoreillensa essive art directorinaan art directorinansa art directoreinaan art directoreinansa translative art directorikseen art directoriksensa art directoreikseen art directoreiksensa abessive art directorittaan art directorittansa art directoreittaan art directoreittansa instructive — — comitative — art directoreineen art directoreinensa

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English art director.

Noun

art director m (invariable)

1. art director

   Synonym: direttore artistico