41.   More recently, American stage directors like Wilson and Peter Sellars as well as American dance companies have also benefited enormously from French support.

42.   Ms. Fisher, a graduate of Harvard, has developed close relationships with directors like Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and Ivan Reitman.

43.   Now they are done in English, even by foreign directors like von Triers.

44.   Other directors like Des McAnuff and Marc Rocco, and actors like Stephen Dorff got involved to one degree or another in the project.

45.   Ovitz helped bring in stars like Robin Williams and directors like Martin Scorsese.

46.   Ronnie Scheib, curator of the Kino series, places Lupino with postwar male directors like Nicholas Ray, Sam Fuller and Robert Aldrich.

47.   She also made successful films in France, Spain and Argentina, working with renowned directors like Jean Renoir and Luis Buquel.

48.   She received encouragement from directors like Barry Levinson and John Frankenheimer and stars like Jessica Lange and Al Pacino.

49.   Situated in a former trolley-car station, the TAT has a reputation for experimental productions under directors like Werner Fassbinder and Claus Peymann.

50.   Short on glitz, New York was reportedly crammed with featherweight works by familiar directors like Zhang Yimou, Manoel de Oliveira and Pedro Almodovar.