The phrase "aspiring director" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is in the process of pursuing a career in directing, particularly in film or theater.
Example: "After years of working as an assistant, she finally feels ready to call herself an aspiring director."
Alternatives: "emerging director" or "novice director".
For an insecure aspiring director who was toiling at a hotel switchboard, the fellowship was a godsend.
The community theater where Rybin works part-time used to be filled with snow and dead birds because of a hole in the roof, the aspiring director recalls.
On the art side of the equation is a first screenplay written by Alice Palmer (Greta Scacchi), a low-rung Hollywood actress and now aspiring director, about a 60-year-old wife and mother's late-midlife move toward independence.
When the project fell through, there were rumours in the press - denied by the Pontis - that the American insurance guarantors refused to accept as the Wim Wenders of the situation, Loren's aspiring director son Edoardo Ponti.
DiCaprio appeared in the mostly improvised short film called Don's Plum, as a favor to aspiring director R.D. Robb.
Sevigny encountered young screenwriter and aspiring director Harmony Korine in Washington Square Park in New York City during her senior year of high school in 1993.
After Williamstown she did what many young, aspiring directors do: became an assistant.
Demands are high: the RTYDS is, basically, boot camp for aspiring directors.
The brief spotlight is meant to drive interest and build audiences, which is especially crucial for aspiring directors.
Many shorts are created purely as entertainment, not as calling cards for aspiring directors of feature-length films.
The group, which meets monthly, dispenses information about producing movies on the Island and is a networking tool for aspiring directors.
