| SAMMENDES | Oscar- winning director of the 1999 comedydrama film American Beauty (3,6) |
| PURI | Om -, Indian actor who starred as George Khan in 1999 comedydrama film East is East (4) |
| CHLOEZHAO | Oscar-winning director of the 2020 drama film Nomadland (5,4) |
| TOMHOOPER | Oscar-winning director of The King's Speech |
| SHYAMALAN | Writer and director of the 1999 supernatural thriller film The Sixth Sense (last name only) |
| RONHOWARD | Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind (3,6) |
| JOHATHAN | And 13 Oscar-winning director of the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs (8,5) |
| TAYLORJOY | Anya ___, titular star of the 2020 comedydrama film Emma. (6-3) |
| JONATHANDEMME | Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| DEMME | Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| APARTMENT | The -, 1960 comedydrama film starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine (9) |
| BILLYWILDER | Oscar-winning director of the films The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Apartment (1960) (5,6) |
| BEATTY | Warren --, Oscar-winning director of the film 'Reds' in 1981 (6) |
| TORO | Guillermo del ___ Oscar-winning director of The Shape of Water |
| MILOSFORMAN | Oscar-winning director of the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |
| WARREN | Star and Oscar-winning director of the 1981 historical drama film Reds (6) |
| JANECAMPION | Oscar-winning director of the films The Piano (1993) (4,7) |
| ALANBALL | Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 1999 film American Beauty (4,4) |
| HIROMURAI | Grammy-winning director of Childish Gambino's "This Is America" music video |
| HERETODAY | 2021 comedydrama film starring Billy Crystal (THEY ADORE anagram) (4,5) |
