So I reached out to two former colleagues who work for another digital marketing agency. One of them is the Director whom was fired in my last company. Strangely, he viewed my LinkedIn profile, but was unwilling to forward my resume to a hiring manager to review. He said I should ask the more junior team member (former colleague) to forward my resume.

Reading in between the lines, I assumed this meant he is unwilling to recommend me, and I don't understand why.

The only thing I can come up with is that he must still feel threatened by me. I think he felt threatened by me when I was first hired in my last job. He acted like it. Then he got fired. And now, he is an Associate Director in an agency, he saw that I am looking for a Director level role on my profile, and perhaps he feels threatened by that?

I am scratching my head. It doesn't make sense otherwise.