| ELIAKAZAN | Oscar-winning director born in |
| STANLAUREL | Comic actor and director born in Ulverston in 1890 |
| KENNETHBRANAGH | Shakespearean actor and film director born in Belfast in 1960 (7,7) |
| ROBERTREDFORD | Actor and director born in 1936 who has played Alexander Pierce in two Marvel films (6,7) |
| ABBADO | Claudio, conductor and musical director born in Milan in 1933 (6) |
| LUPINO | Ida, Hollywood actor and pioneering director born in London in 1918 (6) |
| ELIROTH | U.S. film director born in 1972 who specialises in the horror genre (3,4) |
| OTTO | ___ Preminger, US film director born in Austria (4) |
| PIERPAOLOPASOLINI | Italian film director, born in 1922 |
| BROOK | Peter ***** , English theatre director born in 1925 (5) |
| VIDOR | King, U.S. film director born in 1894 (5) |
| SPIKELEE | Director, born in 1957, whose films include BlacKkKlansman |
| BRUCEMCDONALD | "Hard Core Logo" (1996) director born in Kingston, ON: 2 wds. |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | British comedian and director born in 1889, whose silent films include The Kid and City Lights (7,7) |
| RANKIN | British photographer and director born in 1966 noted for his fashion and portrait work (6) |
| BRANAGH | Director, born in Kent, first to have better managed a good hospital (7,7) |
| KENNETH | Director, born in Kent, first to have better managed a good hospital (7,7) |
| BILLYWILDER | Director born in 1906 whose films included 'Some Like it Hot' and 'The Apartment' (5,6) |
| CATE | Actress and theatre director born in Ivanhoe, Victoria, - Blanchett (4) |
| ARNOLD | Andrea, director born in 1961 noted for her film Fish Tank and documentary Cow (6) |
