監督
かんとく · kantoku · JLPT N3 · noun
director
🎬 監 oversee + 督 urge on = supervise; on a film set, that is the director
監 also appears in 監視 (surveillance) and 督 in 督促 (urging someone on). A kantoku watches over a group and pushes it forward: a supervisor at work, a manager in sports, a director in film.