31.   In Hollywood, actors like Richard Gere and Harrison Ford and directors like Martin Scorcese have shown respect for him, and tenderness.

32.   In part, the swiftness of the probe reflects the anger of directors like Meyercord who feel they were duped by former officials.

33.   In the hands of a director like Charles Burnett or Sidney Lumet, this story might yield a rich, tense psychological thriller rippling with righteous political anger.

34.   Is the Hollywood element, which goes visibly berserk over a promising, agentless new director like Burns, taking over Sundance?

35.   Its clients include stars like Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman, as well as directors like James Brooks, Spike Lee and Francis Ford Coppola.

36.   Jacobs praises the speed and efficiency of on-line casting services where actors and agents post resumes, photographs and video clips for viewing by casting directors like himself.

37.   Kott also helped shape the work of directors like Giorgio Strehler and Ariane Mnouchkine.

38.   Last week, when the meeting was held again, it was directors like Chief Executive Dick Evans taking the flak.

39.   Lee, meanwhile, has been a vocal critic of directors like Steven Spielberg and Norman Jewison for their attempts to make films about the black experience.

40.   Like many documentary filmmakers of his generation, Grubin came of age admiring directors like Albert and David Maysles and Richard Leacock.