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Act over fickle destiny of film maker (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

walt disney

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'film maker' is the definition.
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'act over fickle destiny' is the wordplay.
'act' becomes 'law' (law is a kind of act).
'over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'fickle' indicates an anagram (a fickle or changing form of the letters).
'law' back-to-front is 'wal'.
'destiny' with letters rearranged gives 'tdisney'.
'wal'+'tdisney'='WALT DISNEY'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for walt disney that I've seen before include "Mickey Mouse creator" , "Animator and amusement park pioneer" , "film producer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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