| FRANCISFORDCOPPOLA | US film director whose films include The Godfather and Apocalypse Now (7,4,7) |
| COPPOLA | Director and producer whose films include The Godfather and its sequels, Apocalypse Now and The Rain |
| BRANDO | The Godfather and Apocalypse Now star, Marlon ___ |
| ANDERSON | US film director whose films include The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel (8) |
| LIMAN | Doug, US film director whose films include The Bourne Identity and Mr & Mrs Smith (5) |
| SIDNEYLUMET | US film director whose movies included 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon (6,5) |
| JAMESCAAN | American actor whose films include The Godfather, Rollerball and Misery |
| BRENDAN | Irish actor and film director whose films include In Bruges, The Guard and The Banshees of Inisherin (7,7) |
| GLEESON | Irish actor and film director whose films include In Bruges, The Guard and The Banshees of Inisherin (7,7) |
| WALTERLANG | American film director whose films include The King and I and State Fair (6,4) |
| STEVENSODERBERGH | US film director whose work includes the Ocean's trilogy of heist films from 2001 to 2007 (6,10) |
| HOPPER | US actor Dennis ___ who appeared in the movies Blue Velvet, Speed and Apocalypse Now (6) |
| WYLER | William, German-born US film director whose works include 1959's Ben-Hur (5) |
| BROOKS | Mel ---, US comedy writer, actor and film director whose movies include The Producers and Blazing Saddles (6) |
| FREARS | Stephen, English film director whose films include The Queen and Philomena (6) |
| GWPABST | Austrian film director whose films include The Joyless Street and Pandora's Box |
| ASHBY | Hal ___, American film director whose films include Harold and Maude, Shampoo, Coming Home and Being There |
| TALIASHIRE | American actress in The Godfather and Rocky series of films who is the aunt of Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola |
| MARIOPUZO | US author of novels including The Godfather and The Sicilian (5,4) |
| EASILYDONE | Far and Away, The Godfather and X-Men - the third produced without much difficulty (6,4) |