| GUILLERMO | _ Del Toro, director behind Oscar-winning animation Pinocchio (9) |
| COCO | Oscar-winning animation of 2018 (4) |
| OSCARCARCARTOON | Award-winning animation of "The Love Bug"? |
| CHLOEZHAO | Oscar-winning director behind upcoming movie Hamnet (5,4) |
| BRACKETED | Put together by director behind criminal activity in Belgium (9) |
| WACHOWSKI | Director behind The Matrix Resurrections (4,9) |
| TIMBURTON | Quirky film director behind Edward Scissorhands (3,6) |
| LUCBESSON | French film director behind sci-fi movie The Fifth Element (3,6) |
| BENICIO | Puerto Rican Oscar-winner, _ Del Toro (7) |
| THESTRAIN | Former FX vampire series from Oscarwinning director Guillermo del Toro |
| NIGHTMARE | Guillermo del Toro's neo-noir thriller starring Bradley Cooper (9,5) |
| LABYRINTH | Pan's ___ 2006 fantasy film by Guillermo del Toro influenced by several fairy tales |
| LANA | Director behind The Matrix Resurrections (4,9) |
| LYNCH | David -, film director behind the Twin Peaks TV series (5) |
| SAMRAIMI | Horror director behind "The Evil Dead," 1981: 2 wds. |
| JOHNCARPENTER | Horror director behind 1978's "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| JAMESWAN | Horror director behind 2016's "The Conjuring 2": 2 wds. |
| ADROIT | Skilful director behind a nervous trio (6) |
| ABRAMS | JJ _, director behind the Star Trek reboot (6) |
| PARKER | Late director behind Bugsy Malone and Evita (4,6) |
