But the director has also received some good marks for his efforts.

And no longer is it enough to read the "board book" of data that directors typically receive a week before each meeting.

Some 1,400 outside directors themselves may have received manipulated grants over the past decade.

The company would not give more details about how many votes each director had received.

Even though the school's athletic director received word that the two players might have been ineligible, they were allowed to play in 2001 as well.

The directors usually received scripts around two weeks before shooting started.

In nine other companies the top director had received an increase of 30 per cent or more.

The director of the collective would receive $200 per show.

The average director at companies of similar size received $140,000 a year, the firm said.

For the second time in history a Mexican director receives this award.