[en] Preliminary results from the STAR collaboration for the azimuthal elliptic anisotropy (v_2) of high transverse momentum (p_T) direct photons (γ_d_i_r) produced at midrapidity (|η"γ"_d"_i"_r| < 1) in Au+Au collisions at center-of-mass energy = 200 GeV are presented, and compared to the measured (v_2) of neutral pions (π"0) in the same kinematic range. The electromagnetic transverse shower profile is used to distinguish π"0 from direct photons. The measured v_2"γ"_d"_i"_r(p_T) at high p_T (8 < p_T"γ"_d"_i"_r < 20 GeV/c) is found to be smaller than that of π"0 and consistent with zero when using the forward detectors in determining the event plane