  Preliminary results from the STAR collaboration for the azimuthal elliptic
anisotropy $(v_{_{2}})$ of high transverse momentum ($p_{_{T}}$) direct photons
($\gamma_{_{dir}}$) produced at mid-rapidity ($|\eta^{\gamma_{_{dir}}}|<1$) in
Au+Au collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200$~GeV are
presented, and compared to the measured $(v_{_{2}})$ of neutral pions
($\pi^{0}$) in the same kinematic range. The electromagnetic transverse shower
profile is used to distinguish $\pi^{0}$ from direct photons. The measured
$v_{_{2}}^{\gamma_{_{dir}}}(p_{_{T}})$ at high $p_{_{T}}$ ($8<
p_{_{T}}^{\gamma_{_{dir}}}<20$~GeV/$c$) is found to be smaller than that of
$\pi^{0}$ and consistent with zero when using the forward detectors in
determining the event plane.
