Not to be outdone by Matrix director, Larry Warchowski’s recent tranny-transformation and Hugh Grant’s “pull the car over on Sunset Blvd. and talk to the nice lady” past, director Lee Tamahhori, of XXX: State of the Union and Die Another Day has melded the best of both scandalous worlds.

This is what happens after you give direction to Halle Berry in a film:

“City attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said the director was dressed in a black wig and off-the-shoulder dress when he approached an undercover police officer in Hollywood on Jan. 8 and offered to perform sex for money. He was arrested for investigation of soliciting an act of prostitution and loitering with the intent to commit prostitution, both misdemeanors. “

The recent rash of mega-directors turned trannies has got us a little worried. Who’s next? We can maybe deal with Quentin Tarantino in a dress but if we have to witness a mug shot of Steven Spielberg with smeared make-up and a lopsided blonde wig, let’s just say we’re gonna’ have to bill the studio for our therapy bills.

"James Bond" director Lee Tamahori arrested in prostitution sting [Mercury News]