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Film-maker in scruffy anorak limps on (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roman polanski

'film-maker' is the definition.
(Roman Polanski is a film director)

'scruffy anorak limps on' is the wordplay.
'scruffy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'anorak'+'limps'+'on'='anoraklimpson'
'anoraklimpson' is an anagram of 'ROMAN POLANSKI'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for roman polanski that I've seen is " Chinatown's director".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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