11.   Directors like Levinson, who generally earn millions of dollars for a studio movie, often claim that they want to make riskier and smaller films.

12.   Distributors can also sell the rights twice, since Hong Kong action films by directors like John Woo have developed a Western following.

13.   Directors like Stanley Kramer were also using this form to delve into the kind of social issues that Hollywood had previously considered too disturbing for mainstream audiences.

14.   Directors like Ms. Djordjadze absorbed his techniques and philosophy of life as his students at the Tbilisi film academy.

15.   Even with a sympathetic female director like Ms. Savoca, getting the part took some doing.

16.   Experienced directors like the Prospect Street executives often help shape business plans and recruit crucial employees.

17.   Established Hollywood directors like Frank Marshall, Lili Fini Zanuck and Frank Darabont have signed on.

18.   For college athletic directors like Bob Marcum at the University of Massachusetts, the matter at first was simply one of numbers.

19.   He also denied rumors that veteran directors like Mike Nichols or Nicholas Hytner were coming in to work on the show.

20.   He also studied the work of Italian directors like Antonioni and Fellini.