Astute Oscar-watchers also know that besides director, another category often foretells a best picture winner: editing.
The many cinematic elements (besides a director and writer with a film background, the creative team included Adam Arkapaw, the cinematographer of the Oscar-nominated "Animal Kingdom") suggested a festival.
A story in Variety points out that "Sin City," the hyperstylized new noir flick by Robert Rodriguez, was made without someone, besides the director, directing the effects.
If it were anybody besides the H.P. directors, the situation would be unbelievable.
Mr. Loeb's other directors, besides himself, are Michael J. Wolf, a media consultant, and Harry J. Wilson, a turnaround expert who served on the Obama administration's automotive task force.
I have long felt that another way for the festival to honor Wagner and place his operas in a fresh context, besides recruiting radical directors to reinterpret the canon, would be now and then to perform the works of other composers.
Both sets of suits already name parties besides the Enron Corporation, including officers and directors of Enron and its auditor, Arthur Andersen.
His holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, has 13 directors on its board besides Mr. Buffett, the chairman, to watch over its $269 billion in assets.
For the first time, she is producing a major studio picture with a director besides Mr. Rodriguez.
Mr. Blanchard, a director for two companies besides his own, said the challenges for directors had changed greatly in the more than 12 years he has served on boards.
