noun
director; stage director; production director
Refers to the person responsible for the 演出: shaping the staging, acting, camera or scene direction, and overall presentation of a film, play, broadcast, or performance. Not the same as a company director or business executive.
その演出家は俳優に細かく指示を出した。
The director gave the actors detailed instructions.
彼女は
She is highly regarded as a stage director.
Loanword commonly used in TV, media, design, and business contexts; 演出家 sounds more specifically like a creative director for performance or production.
The noun for direction, staging, or production itself; 演出家 is the person who does that work.
A transparent compound of 演出, meaning direction or staging, plus 家, a suffix for a person professionally or habitually engaged in something.