The phrase "attempts at directing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts or endeavors to guide or manage something, such as a project or a group of people.
Example: "Her attempts at directing the team were met with mixed reactions, but she remained determined to lead effectively."
Alternatives: "efforts to direct" or "endeavors in directing".
If I post a picture of me eating a cronut, no matter my attempts at directing the response by way of a hashtag, you think — well, I don't know what you think.
Because he's still a big star and he stays on budget, Hollywood continues to indulge his directorial fantasies, yet in nearly 40 years of half-assed attempts at directing he has never developed a style of his own.
Mr. Noble's, by the Royal Shakespeare Company, was his first attempt at directing the play.
The Burial at Thebes may be his first attempt at directing opera, but Walcott has no shortage of experience of writing and directing musicals.
This is London-born, Glasgow-based Onashile's first attempt at directing her own work – "you permanently feel something's about to go wrong" – and the possibilities afforded by the specific, lavatorial setting are key to the production.
Michelle Williams, winning the equivalent award for a comedy ("My Week With Marilyn"), also gave the Weinstein Company boss a shout-out, as did Madonna, after winning best original song for "W.E.," her second attempt at directing.
Jeff Bridges drew renewed acclaim as a broken-down country singer in Crazy Heart Scott Cooperr), while Colin Firth was touching as a gay man dealing with personal loss in A Single Man, an atmospheric first attempt at directing by fashion designer Tom Ford.
In the meantime, read on for our preview of "Glass Spider," in which Gorham discusses his research for portraying Auggie's blindness with authenticity, Annie (Piper Perabo) and Auggie's evolving relationship, and his first attempt at directing an episode.
Clouzot and Véra took a film crew with them to Véra's homeland in Brazil for their honeymoon, where Clouzot made his first attempt at directing a documentary film.
"Dark matter has eluded all attempts at direct detection for over 30 years.
This is not the first time our attempts at direct communication with the Argentinian government have been ignored.
