Wild in the past, entertaining rising French director (7)
I believe the answer is:
agitato
'wild' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'past entertaining rising french director' is the wordplay.
'past' becomes 'ago' (similar in meaning).
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'french director' becomes 'tati' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tati' reversed gives 'itat'.
'ago' going around 'itat' is 'AGITATO'.
'in the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for agitato that I've seen before include "Excitedly (music)" , "Musically, to be performed vigorously" , "stirred up" , "in troubled way" , "stirring music" .)