director's chair

noun

: a lightweight folding armchair with a back and seat usually of cotton duck

Illustration of director's chair

Examples of director's chair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But back in 2022, leading up to and following the release of Don't Worry Darling, her second feature in the director's chair, Wilde couldn't make it through a single media engagement without being buffeted by gusts from a maelstrom of rumors and gossip consuming her life. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

Among Coel's upcoming projects are a return to the director's chair for a remake of Jean-Claude Van Damme's martial arts hit Bloodsport, and writing and starring in First Day On Earth, a series about a novelist moving to Ghana to reconnect with her father. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026

The cast list was revealed via a livestream that panned down a row of director's chairs showing each actor's name over the course of more than five hours. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026

Again, more projects could happen without him in the director's chair — Killer of Killers was co-helmed by Joshua Wassung — but everything's pointing to him not going anywhere anytime soon even if a non-Predator project might be next. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from its use by movie directors on the set

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for director's chair

• concessionaire
• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare