The phrase "actual directors" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the real or legitimate directors of a company or organization, distinguishing them from others who may claim to be directors or who hold a different status.
Example: "In the meeting, we will only discuss matters that concern the actual directors of the board."
Alternatives: "legitimate directors" or "real directors".
He explains: "With the Bribery Act it is not the subordinates who are held accountable for any untoward activities, it is the actual directors of an organisation.
What directors do, as actual directors know, is to inspire the actors — often as much by silent trust as by specific instruction — and lead the team.
That none of these succeeded had something to do with Brecht's either refusing to work with famous directors such as Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator, because he felt he could not control them, or forcing his actual directors, such as Berthold Viertel and Joseph Losey, into subordinate positions.
To make this work, Animoto developed patent-pending cinematic artificial intelligence that aimed to take the place of actual directors and editors, analyzing and mashing up user-uploaded images, video, and audio into cool videos, using the same sophisticated post-production techniques traditionally reserved for TV and film.
Meanwhile, the actual director of "America's Sweethearts" stood nearby, smiling as the birthday cake was cut.
Needless to say, the unseen "Spielberg" of "In Praise of Love" is not the actual director of "Jaws," "E.T".
"I kind of co-directed 'Monster's Ball, Danielsels told me as he ordered another drink (the actual director was Marc Forster).
It was also the one time he refrained from taking over a film – either by directing or by rewriting – having met his match in the actual director, Carol Reed.
So the moniker Smithee was officially created with the stipulation that the director was also not allowed to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the actual director.
And when the "Tuning Pianos" director tells the "Tuning Pianos" playwright that he might need to cut, you wish the play's actual director, Thomas Caruso, had persuaded Mr. Dudzick to trim some of the first act, or had at least managed to speed it up a bit.
In keeping with every other p.r. strategy for "The Passion" -- Mr. Gibson has said he felt that the Holy Ghost was the movie's actual director -- Mr. Michelini says that the successful campaign for the Vatican thumbs up is an example of divine providence.
