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| director |
A director is a person who guides a business or other organization. [2 definitions] |
| editor |
An editor is someone who works in the movies and makes decisions about things like how long each scene of a movie will be, what order scenes will be in, and what scenes or pieces of film will stay or be cut out of the final film. An editor also makes decisions about the sound for the film. Editors often work together with a film's director to make these decisions. [1/3 definitions] |
| head |
to be the director or head of; lead. [1/10 definitions] |
| producer |
A movie producer brings in the money required to make a movie and also makes decisions, along with the director and others, about how the movie will be made. Plays, television programs, and other forms of entertainment also have producers. [1/3 definitions] |
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