### Clue: Pitched to cool independent film director (7)
### Answer: FELLINI 
 ### Explanation: Definition: film director
  FELL(pitched,plunged or fell forward or headlong) **plus**(to) IN(popular,fashionable,cool) + I(abbrev. for "independent", eg. in elections). 
Answer: Federico, Italian film director (and scriptwriter) of "La Dolce Vita", "8½", and others.