as in administrative
suited for or relating to the directing of things
an applicant with a number of directorial positions on his résumé
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Alia Shawkat is joining Kristen Stewart in a lead role for The Wrong Girls, Dylan Meyer’s directorial debut for Neon now shooting in Los Angeles in the wake of the recent wildfires.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Shawkat has recently been seen in Zoë Kravitz’s acclaimed directorial debut Blink Twice and the second season of Apple TV+’s Severance, as well as the buzzy Sundance drama Atropia, which won the festival’s U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Thomas’s big break came courtesy of Prince, who cast her in his directorial debut, Under the Cherry Moon (1986).
—Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Her wrongly maligned version of A Star Is Born!), but her directorial debut is undoubtedly the jewel in her crown.
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Shawkat has recently been seen in Zoë Kravitz’s acclaimed directorial debut Blink Twice and the second season of Apple TV+’s Severance, as well as the buzzy Sundance drama Atropia, which won the festival’s U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Thomas’s big break came courtesy of Prince, who cast her in his directorial debut, Under the Cherry Moon (1986).
—Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Her wrongly maligned version of A Star Is Born!), but her directorial debut is undoubtedly the jewel in her crown.
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Directorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directorial. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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