| COCTEAU | Jean ------- (1889-1963), French dramatist, novelist and film director |
| HUGO | French dramatist, novelist and poet who tells the tale of characters Esmeralda and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (4) |
| WILDE | Dramatist, novelist and poet who wrote Lady Windermere's Fan during a trip to the Lake District in 1891 (5) |
| OSCAR | Forename of a dramatist, novelist, poet and wit who also wrote short stories including The Fisherman and His Soul, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star-Child (5) |
| SEGAL | Abe ..... , 1958 and 1963 French Championships men's doubles tennis losing finalist (5) |
| BRAQUE | Georges --, 1882-1963, French painter (6) |
| POULENC | Francis ------- (1899-1963), French composer (7) |
| PIAF | Edith -, 1915-1963, French singer (4) |
| STOREY | A floor/level of a building; or, the surname of the dramatist/novelist who wrote This Sporting Life (6) |
| RENOIR | Surname of French father and son, respectively famous as artist and film director (6) |
| BROOK | English theatre and film director who has won Tony and Emmy Awards and the Prix Italia (5,5) |
| PETER | English theatre and film director who has won Tony and Emmy Awards and the Prix Italia (5,5) |
| GENET | Art critic, playwright, and film director Jean |
| TATI | Jacques ___ , French comic actor and film director, d. 1982 (4) |
| ROBERTREDFORD | American actor and film director, founder of the Sundance Film Festival (6,7) |
| COUSTEAU | Jacques Yves _; French oceanographer and film director (8) |
| MIKELEIGH | British dramatist and film director whose plays include Abigail's Party (4,5) |
| KENNETH | Northern Irish actor and film director best known for his film adaptations of William Shakespeare's |
| PRESTONSTURGES | American playwright, screenwriter and film director who won an Oscar for the film The Great McGinty (7,7) |
| QUENTIN | And 23 American actor, writer and film director whose movies include Reservoir Dogs (7,9) |
