director's chair
nounDefinition of director's chair
: a lightweight folding armchair with a back and seat usually of cotton duck
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Alas also shared a photo from the secret shoot, which features Kendall holding a director's chair with his name on it. — Kaleigh Fasanella, Teen Vogue, "Kendall Jenner Posed Nude for a New Photo Shoot," 20 July 2019 Kraft was in the flight director's chair at Cape Canaveral on May 5, 1961, when Alan Shepard blasted off aboard a Redstone rocket to become the first American in space. — William Harwood, CBS News, "Chris Kraft, legendary NASA flight director, has died at age 95," 22 July 2019 Big names like Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer, and Laurence Fishburne round out the cast, with Richard Linklater in the director's chair. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," 18 Dec. 2018 Rachel McAdams is rumored to be returning as well, as Stephen Strange's somewhat-reluctant love interest, while Scott Derrickson will reportedly return to the director's chair. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Not dusted for good? There’s a sequel in the works for Doctor Strange," 11 Dec. 2018 Snag one of the director's chairs and enjoy the view. — Laura Itzkowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, "5 Best Day Trips from Rome," 5 Mar. 2018 This time out, Stefano Sollima sat in the director's chair, while Sony teamed with Black Label Media in making the adult drama (Lionsgate handled the first movie). — Pamela Mcclintock, Billboard, "Weekend Box Office: 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Dunks 'Uncle Drew,' 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' With $60M," 1 July 2018 Shane Black, who appeared in the 1987 original Predator film, is in the director's chair for the new adventure which stars Trevante Rhodes, Sterling K. Brown, Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn and Keegan-Michael Key. — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, "Evolved Predator Featured in Bloody New Trailer," 26 June 2018 James DeMonaco, who wrote and directed the first three films in the series, cedes the director's chair to Gerard McMurary; DeMonaco wrote the script. — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, "'The First Purge:' Interesting ideas drown in a bloodbath," 4 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'director's chair.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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