diff --git a/homeassistant/components/control4/director_utils.py b/homeassistant/components/control4/director_utils.py
index bab8c8634ca..3d360e36438 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/control4/director_utils.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/control4/director_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 """Provides data updates from the Control4 controller for platforms."""
+from collections import defaultdict
+from collections.abc import Set
 import logging
+from typing import Any
 
 from pyControl4.account import C4Account
 from pyControl4.director import C4Director
@@ -15,21 +18,28 @@ from .const import CONF_ACCOUNT, CONF_CONTROLLER_UNIQUE_ID, CONF_DIRECTOR, DOMAI
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-async def director_update_data(
-    hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry, var: str
-) -> dict:
-    """Retrieve data from the Control4 director for update_coordinator."""
-    # possibly implement usage of director_token_expiration to start
-    # token refresh without waiting for error to occur
+async def _update_variables_for_config_entry(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry, variable_names: Set[str]
+) -> dict[int, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Retrieve data from the Control4 director."""
+    director: C4Director = hass.data[DOMAIN][entry.entry_id][CONF_DIRECTOR]
+    data = await director.getAllItemVariableValue(variable_names)
+    result_dict: defaultdict[int, dict[str, Any]] = defaultdict(dict)
+    for item in data:
+        result_dict[item["id"]][item["varName"]] = item["value"]
+    return dict(result_dict)
+
+
+async def update_variables_for_config_entry(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry, variable_names: Set[str]
+) -> dict[int, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Try to Retrieve data from the Control4 director for update_coordinator."""
     try:
-        director = hass.data[DOMAIN][entry.entry_id][CONF_DIRECTOR]
-        data = await director.getAllItemVariableValue(var)
+        return await _update_variables_for_config_entry(hass, entry, variable_names)
     except BadToken:
         _LOGGER.info("Updating Control4 director token")
         await refresh_tokens(hass, entry)
-        director = hass.data[DOMAIN][entry.entry_id][CONF_DIRECTOR]
-        data = await director.getAllItemVariableValue(var)
-    return {key["id"]: key for key in data}
+        return await _update_variables_for_config_entry(hass, entry, variable_names)
 
 
 async def refresh_tokens(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry):
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/control4/light.py b/homeassistant/components/control4/light.py
index 57486641196..fde9b00aba2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/control4/light.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/control4/light.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.update_coordinator import DataUpdateCoordinator, Upda
 
 from . import Control4Entity, get_items_of_category
 from .const import CONF_DIRECTOR, CONTROL4_ENTITY_TYPE, DOMAIN
-from .director_utils import director_update_data
+from .director_utils import update_variables_for_config_entry
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -47,14 +47,18 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
     async def async_update_data_non_dimmer():
         """Fetch data from Control4 director for non-dimmer lights."""
         try:
-            return await director_update_data(hass, entry, CONTROL4_NON_DIMMER_VAR)
+            return await update_variables_for_config_entry(
+                hass, entry, {CONTROL4_NON_DIMMER_VAR}
+            )
         except C4Exception as err:
             raise UpdateFailed(f"Error communicating with API: {err}") from err
 
     async def async_update_data_dimmer():
         """Fetch data from Control4 director for dimmer lights."""
         try:
-            return await director_update_data(hass, entry, CONTROL4_DIMMER_VAR)
+            return await update_variables_for_config_entry(
+                hass, entry, {CONTROL4_DIMMER_VAR}
+            )
         except C4Exception as err:
             raise UpdateFailed(f"Error communicating with API: {err}") from err
 
@@ -185,13 +189,15 @@ class Control4Light(Control4Entity, LightEntity):
     @property
     def is_on(self):
         """Return whether this light is on or off."""
-        return self.coordinator.data[self._idx]["value"] > 0
+        if self._is_dimmer:
+            return self.coordinator.data[self._idx][CONTROL4_DIMMER_VAR] > 0
+        return self.coordinator.data[self._idx][CONTROL4_NON_DIMMER_VAR] > 0
 
     @property
     def brightness(self):
         """Return the brightness of this light between 0..255."""
         if self._is_dimmer:
-            return round(self.coordinator.data[self._idx]["value"] * 2.55)
+            return round(self.coordinator.data[self._idx][CONTROL4_DIMMER_VAR] * 2.55)
         return None
 
     @property