Out to shun US film director (6)

I believe the answer is:

huston

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'us film director' is the definition.
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'out to shun' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'shun'='toshun'
'toshun' is an anagram of 'HUSTON'.

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