McConaughey was also acclaimed for his role in Lone Star, a Texan western from the unconventional and much admired director John Sayles.
Louise Wilson, the widely admired director of the Saint Martins masters program, said while standing backstage at Louise Gray's inventive show, with its do-it-yourself possibilities (she had made earrings out of squashed muffin cups), "Each generation is different".
For one thing, that admired director, Deborah Warner, who led the production's first iteration at the English National Opera in 2011, underwent an unexpected surgical procedure this summer and couldn't come to the Met.
Mr. Nunn, 67, himself a former artistic director of the Stratford company (as well as of the National Theater in London), is a much admired director of classical theater who often turns his hand to musicals, like "Les Misérables" and "Cats".
And so seductively did he perpetuate that tradition that, while still in his 30s, he had become the cinéaste laureate, so to speak, of his native country and, in his prime, perhaps the most widely admired director in the world.
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art endeavors to fill the space left by Philppe de Montebello - the much-loved and admired director who announced his retirement early this month - the real challenge faced by the Met is not how to appear youthful and relevant, but whether it can avoid the temptation to.
A Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner, a celebrated playwright and admired director, Hart dazzled the world of show business with his brilliance and innovation.
Some movie critics are conflicted about the film's accomplishments but almost all admired director Oren Moverman's risks and the work of Harrelson.
Before "Last Tango," Bertolucci, who died in Rome on Monday at age 77, was an admired director of Italian art films whose collaboration with wizardly cinematographer Vittorio Storaro on 1970's hypnotic, visually sensual "The Conformist" made him a cinematic stylist to conjure with.
She admires directors like Baumbach and Wes Anderson, but she said: "All those men are also personal.
