IT'S been 10 years since Spike Lee, entrepreneur, provocateur and role model for aspiring directors of color, declared in The New York Times that it was an era of unprecedented possibility for African-American filmmakers.
Saulnier's daring attention to light and acceptance of shadow (no mere stunt but an essential aspect of Porterfield's compositions and, for that matter, emotional world) should be a model for young directors of photography everywhere.
Among her boosters were the organizers of the first Feminist Film Festival, in Telluride, who, in 1974, touted Riefenstahl as a role model for women directors, impervious to the irony that she had used her singularly privileged role to glorify a cult of violence and misogyny.
The appearance was Mr. Godard's way of acknowledging his debt to Melville, a defiantly anti-establishment filmmaker whose eccentricity and independence provided a model for the emerging directors of the New Wave; a year later Melville returned the compliment by borrowing the young star of "Breathless," Jean-Paul Belmondo, for a film of his own.
Uncle Billy, who was the model for the Hollywood director in "The House of Blue Leaves," always held out the illusion that he would discover some member of the Guare family.
She said the I.O.C. could provide a model for a manageable board of directors that have input to the chief executive.
In the long run, the United States hopes that Iraq will become an economic model for the Middle East, said George Wolfe, director of economic policy for the American-led occupation authority.
"The Georgia board is an example of what not to do, rather than a model for something effective," said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, a national research and advocacy group that favors limited immigration to the United States.
It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'" In the whirlwind that followed Like Crazy, Jones was feted by designers – she modelled for Burberry – and directors, including Woody Allen, asked to meet her.
"We need to get out of the ghetto of being a role model for girls," said Andy Crossley, the Breakers' director of business development.
