directorial

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He persuaded actor Richard Attenborough to make his directorial debut on the film.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

After “The Way We Were,” Redford went on to win an Academy Award in 1981 for his directorial debut, “Ordinary People.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

She reimagines the Bride character with the same wild chaos and directorial scope that this movie swims in; the same initiative with which Shelley wrote her novel.

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