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directorial

[dih-rek-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, dahy-rek-] / dɪ rɛkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌdaɪ rɛk- /
ADJECTIVE
administrative
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The film is the first directorial project Kwan and Scheinert have embarked on under their exclusive, five-year partnership with Universal Pictures, which they signed in 2022, along with producing partner Jonathan Wang.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He reprised the role of the famous boxer for the sequel in 2018 and again in 2023 for Creed III in which he made his directorial debut as well as starring in it.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

In 1991, he made his directorial debut with "The Indian Runner," an impressive Vietnam War-themed drama inspired by a Bruce Springsteen song.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

These vignettes are where Gyllenhaal’s directorial eye shines the brightest, and where “The Bride!” brims with promise — just before the first of the film’s several unexplained narrative shifts.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

They lined up to board the bus while the scene in my head began to go off on its own, to stop taking my directorial notes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides