Not sure about the problem with wp_update_post but it is a simple enough SQL query:
global $wpdb;
$query = "UPDATE ".$wpdb->prefix."posts SET post_status="draft" WHERE ID = '".$directory->ID."'";
$wpdb->query($query);
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