directorial

[dih-rek-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, dahy-rek-]

adjective

1. pertaining to a director or directorate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of directorial¹

1760–70; < Late Latin dīrēctōri ( us ) ( direct, -tory ¹ ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Nathan, via his thoroughly pedestrian directorial style, never exactly masks who it is anyway.

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While its script initially shows sensitivity to the real-life Christy Martin’s private trauma, the movie is pummeled by some poundingly obvious directorial choices.

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For his second directorial effort, Vanderbilt, a journeyman writer best known for his “Zodiac” screenplay for David Fincher, adapts “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” by Jack El-Hai, about the curious clinical relationship between Dr. Douglas Kelley, an Army psychiatrist, and former German Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during the lead-up to the Nuremberg trials.

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That motif originated with his 2009 directorial debut, “Crazy Heart,” starring Jeff Bridges as a faded country music legend caught in the throes of alcoholism and trying to find a way forward.

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Instead, in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” he offers a character study as biopic, riding a similar groove as his Oscar-winning 2009 directorial debut “Crazy Heart.”

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