Sentence examples for successful directing from inspiring English sources

Macfarlane, who might have been hoping for a clutch of nominations for his successful directing debut Ted, had to be content with a best original song nod for Everybody Needs a Best Friend for which he wrote the lyrics.

Although admired for his productions of classical works, Dexter was especially successful directing new plays such as Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) and The Kitchen (1959) and Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964; U.S. staging, 1965) and Equus (1973; U.S., 1974); he won American Theatre Wing "Tony" awards for his New York productions of Equus and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly (1988).

Successful directing has much to do with intangible social relations, such as keeping harmony (or productive competition) alive on the set, drawing the best performances possible from actors, shaping a script into a form that takes advantage of the talents of the director of photography or of the main actor, or beseeching the producer for the money needed for a special shot.

With a version of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale – which he will perform and direct – opening at London's Garrick Theatre later this year, Branagh talked of how much he enjoyed a mixture of high and low culture following his successful directing of big budget films Thor and Cinderella.

Michael has his own successful directing career well underway with numerous awards and film credits to his name.

The Russos are the latest in a string of successful directing siblings, including the Coens, the Farrellys, the Wachowskis and the Weitzes.

It could be one of the most successful direct-mail campaigns in history.

And they continued to cross paths, as Mr. Rove built one of the most successful direct-mail consulting businesses in Republican politics.

They built a successful direct-mail operation, published student directories and set up a service to send cakes to students on their birthdays.

What Roy Hattersley, the former deputy leader of the Labour party, was later to describe as "the most successful direct action in British history" would lead, in 1951, to the creation of the first national park.

In 1932 the escalating frustration, especially among radicalised industrial workers in Manchester, led to an organised mass trespass on Kinder Scout in the Peak District, which has been described by Roy Hattersley as "the most successful direct action in British history".