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A woman who has artistic control over the production of a film, play, or television program and directs the actors.
Die Regisseurin gab dem Hauptdarsteller präzise Anweisungen für die nächste Szene.
The director gave the lead actor precise instructions for the next scene.
'Regisseurin' (female director) is the feminine form of 'der Regisseur' (male director). The suffix '-in' is the most common way in German to form feminine job titles.
Die Regisseurin bespricht die nächste Szene mit der Hauptdarstellerin.
The director discusses the next scene with the lead actress.
The word belongs to the word family of 'Regie' (direction/directing). The fixed expression 'Regie führen' means 'to do the directing' or 'to direct' and describes the main activity of a 'Regisseurin' (female director).
Bei diesem Film hat eine noch unbekannte Regisseurin Regie geführt.
This film was directed by a still-unknown female director.
A 'Regisseurin' (female director) directs a specific project. Therefore, the word is often used with a genitive construction such as 'Regisseurin eines Films' (director of a film), 'eines Theaterstücks' (of a play), or 'einer Serie' (of a series).
Sie ist die Regisseurin des preisgekrönten Dokumentarfilms.
She is the director of the award-winning documentary.
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'der Regisseur' and 'die Regisseurin' both refer to a person who has artistic control of a film, play, or program. The difference is grammatical and natural gender: 'der Regisseur' is used for a man or sometimes in a general sense, while 'die Regisseurin' is used for a woman. Learners may confuse the words because the role is the same. So what matters is not the work, but the person you are talking about.
Die Regisseurin bleibt ruhig, obwohl die Probe heute länger dauert.
The director remains calm, even though the rehearsal is taking longer today.
Der Regisseur erklärt den Schauspielern vor der Szene seine Idee.
Before the scene, the director explains his idea to the actors.