| TIMBURTON | Film director behind Beetlejuice and its sequel (3,6) |
| ELFMAN | Danny _, wrote the music for Beetlejuice and its sequel (6) |
| LUCBESSON | French film director behind sci-fi movie The Fifth Element (3,6) |
| SCHEFFLER | Axel, German illustrator known for children's books such as The Gruffalo and its sequel (9) |
| POLLYANNA | Eternally optimistic heroine of a 1913 children's novel, and its sequel, by US author Eleanor H. Porter (9) |
| BRACKETED | Put together by director behind criminal activity in Belgium (9) |
| GUILLERMO | _ Del Toro, Mexican director behind The Shape Of Water (9) |
| WACHOWSKI | Director behind The Matrix Resurrections (4,9) |
| CHLOEZHAO | Oscar-winning director behind upcoming movie Hamnet (5,4) |
| LYNCH | David -, film director behind the Twin Peaks TV series (5) |
| JACKSON | Film director behind upcoming Beatles documentary Get Back (5,7) |
| PETER | Film director behind upcoming Beatles documentary Get Back (5,7) |
| IVANREITMAN | Late film director behind the original Ghostbusters (4,7) |
| JONAH | ___ Hill, actor and comedy star whose vocal talents feature in the new How To Train Your Dragon film, the Lego Movie and its sequel The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, out next week (pictured) (5) |
| SCARFE | Illustrator who designed/directed the animation for Pink Floyd's film The Wall and created the opening title sequences for Yes Minister and its sequel (6) |
| MIA | Mamma ___!, musical film and its sequel both of which starred 12A and 44D (3) |
| CHRIS | ___ Hemsworth, 7D's co-star in Snow White And The Huntsman and its sequel (5) |
| CLASH | ___ Of The Titans, film, and its sequel, in which 20D starred as Zeus (5) |
| DOMINICCOOPER | English actor who plays the role of Jesse Custer in the TV series Preacher, whose films include Mamma Mia! and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, NeedFor Speed and Captain America: The First Aven |
| MOVIE | The LEGO ___, hit film and its sequel that features the voice of 14A (5) |