1.  Disgruntled director Kevin Reynolds may have parted waters with Costner, but not before delivering a colossal technical achievement to Universal Pictures.

2.  He also said the experience made him feel empathy with corporate executives who sometimes find themselves blindsided by disgruntled directors or predatory takeover schemers.

3.  She described Kelly as a disgruntled former director who failed to build the Massachusetts chapter into a viable organization.

4.  And so Alan Smithee became the official pseudonym for disgruntled directors.