directing

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Oldman feels the same way about “Slow Horses,” which has broken through at the Emmys the last two years, winning awards for writing and directing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Part of her course was creative writing - something she had always enjoyed from the days of "writing plays and being really bossy, directing my brother and making him act them out".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

"There was no version of this where I wasn't the one directing that I would personally be open to," he said.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

District Court in Birmingham, Ala., issued a preliminary injunction directing the state to re-use the “race blind” maps the court created for the 2024 congressional election.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

He was tugging the Time Suck’s hair the way a cowboy tugs the reins of a horse, directing the beast toward one particular Clock Watcher.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles