Seagull Art Director

The term was coined at ad agencies to describe an art director that avoids involvement in a projects until it becomes a perceived problem at the production phase. Usually a result of forgetting the project was in the works. The art director will make a scene with their production team, order revisions (usually very minor taste fairy changes) and vanish as quickly as they appeared.

This type of art director is sometimes called a "seagull" for short.

Production person 1: "Was that the art director} making all that noise?"
Production person 2: "Yeah, he was being a seagull art director. He swooped in, made a bunch of noise, shit all over everything and flew away."
Production person 1: "Are you going to do what he wants?"
Production person 2: "Nope."

by Maniac in a Speedo January 29, 2018

Director of my ass

When someone is talking shit about being your director of studies

Ugh miss lewis is the director of my ass

by Peter st. Barrister June 20, 2017

Directors Wife Syndrome

A phenomenon where a seniors person in a company (or wife) changes workload and priority across a business based on a random individual request.

See also HiPPO and JFDI

Originated Friday February 5, 1999. UK Release of Disney Pixar "A Bug's Life".
Woolworths UK had sold out of Flick Action Figure in local store where a directors wife was shopping. Entire company spent the day reporting on all Bug's Life merchandise across the company based on this one product in one store not being available for a directors wife to buy.

Drop everything, we need to prioritise this directors wife syndrome request.

by Wooly Memories October 02, 2021

Video Game Director's Cuts

An awesome flash website with some of the best video game flash parody movies on the web.
www.videogamedc.net

Video Game Director's Cuts is where you can relive your pixeled past.

by Master Yoshi February 12, 2004

actor-director package deal

directors that hire the same actors sometimes for every movie

Seth Rogen in Anchorman and Knocked Up was an actor-director package deal.

by theoriginalallison December 05, 2008

account director

The person at an agency (usually advertising or some sort) who listens to and interprets client and agency team members' problems, thoughts, challenges, goals, preferences, opinions, and more - and then tries to make sense of it for everyone else.

AKA: A universal partner to clients & agency; ping pong ball; conductor; pilot; captain; cheerleader; hostess; strategist; go-getter; ball-buster; fixer; and problem solver....a regular Don Draper.

We didn't understand what the client meant, but the Account Director did - so we're saved (for now).

by MakeMeABicycle September 28, 2015

Director Syndrome

Film directors/creators hate or not satisfied with their final products after hundreds of hours of production, while everyone else loves it. In truth, they are more sick of it than anything else.

This is also evident in other art forms.

Carry is having Director Syndrome over that painting, even though everyone loves it and the school papers call it a masterpiece.

by anrtist May 14, 2020