51.   That infrastructure is immensely appealing to American dramatists and directors like Wilson.

52.   The differences between cultural bureaucrats like Ms. Ma and an innovative director like Chen represent a distinct clash between old and new in China.

53.   The work of masters like Solas and Subiela and of emerging directors like Renato Falcao of Brazil will be featured.

54.   There are few Hispanic studio executives and agents and only a handful of directors like Edward James Olmos and Robert Rodriguez.

55.   This began to change only when directors like Clint Eastwood and Lawrence Kasdan cast black stars in frontier movies.

56.   To directors like Jan De Bont, it is no news that Ms. Garcia got Affleck to throw himself into his part as an oafish bartender.

57.   Traversing these blurry boundaries is what excites a director like Lisa Peterson.

58.   Veteran directors like Friedkin were able to bring their own recollections of the era to their projects.

59.   Working with a director like Levinson, he said.

60.   Years later Dean turned to directors like Elia Kazan, George Stevens and Nicholas Ray and even executives like Jack Warner as father figures.