Show director announced gallantry award (5)
I believe the answer is:
emcee
'show director' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for emcee that I've seen before include "Presenter" , "Announcer" , "A host of Americans" , "Show host" , "MC" .)