As producer or director, the chap in charge (7)
I believe the answer is:
foreman
'charge' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'as producer or director the chap' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'or' is found in the answer.
'chap' could be 'em' and 'em' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fan' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for foreman that I've seen before include "Gaffer, boss" , "Gaffer, overseer" , "Supervising worker" , "Male supervisor" , "Charge hand" .)