Direction, as employed in Spielberg film (4)
I believe the answer is:
east
'direction' is the definition.
(compass direction)
'as employed in spielberg film' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'as' is within the answer.
'film' could be 'et' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and 'et' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for east that I've seen before include "the way the Wise Men came from" , "One regularly holding hands" , "Player in deal" , "Tom's friend" , "Direction of the Orient" .)