| SAMMENDES | American Beauty (1999) was ____'s directorial film debut |
| ONEGIN | The directorial film debut of Martha Fiennes, starring her brother Ralph in the title role, with music by brother Magnus |
| MENA | Ms. Suvari of "American Beauty" (1999) |
| SUVARI | "American Beauty" (1999) star Mena |
| ALI | Boxer who in 1999 was voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century |
| STEPHENKING | Novelist who in 1999 was hit by a van in Maine and in 2002 announced his retirement; he published his his next novel a year later, and has added 25 since |
| AMERICAN | ___ Beauty, 1999 film directed by Sam Mendes (8) |
| MENDES | Sam ___, director made his film directorial debut with American Beauty in 1999 |
| SPIKELEE | ____'s directorial debut was She's Gotta Have It in 1986 |
| CAGEDHEAT | 1974 film that was Jonathan Demme's directorial debut |
| LEONE | 1960's The Colossus of Rhodes was his directorial debut |
| GETHARD | It's regarded as Etan Cohen's directorial debut (3,4) |
| ABRONXTALE | 1993 film that was the directorial debut of Robert De Niro |
| LITTLEMANTATE | 1991 film that marked Jodie Foster's directorial debut |
| THEFT | Ron Howard's feature film directorial debut, Grand ___ Auto |
| OHWHATALOVELYWAR | 1969 film, Richard Attenborough's directorial debut |
| REALITYBITES | 1994 film that was the directorial debut of Ben Stiller |
| CHOCOLAT | 2000 romance film starring Juliette Binoche, or Claire Denis's 1988 directorial debut |
| ROBERTDENIRO | Actor whose directorial debut was the 1994 film A Bronx Tale (6,2,4) |
| DINER | Barry Levinson's directorial debut |
