| DOROTHYARZNER | "The Bride Wore Red" director who was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America |
| TAYLORHACKFORD | Former president of the Directors Guild of America who directed the films An Officer and a Gentleman and Ray |
| STARBOARD | It's right for top actor to join the directors (9) |
| MORISOT | Depicted with violets in a portrait by Edouard Manet and married to Eugene Manet, the artist who created The Cradle, At the Ball and Summer Day who was the first woman to join the Impressionists (7) |
| COX | Brian, Scottish actor/director who was the first British actor to teach at the Moscow Art Theatre school (3) |
| PISCATOR | Erwin ___, German stage director who was the first to use the term 'epic theatre' (8) |
| EVEREST | First woman to join the others at the highest level |
| DOMEE | "Turning Red" director Shi |
| ARGENTO | "Deep Red" director Dario |
| SHI | "Turning Red" director Domee |
| THESOPRANOS | HBO crime drama named best dramatic series of 2006 by the Writers Guild of America: 2 wds. |
| TRUEDETECTIVE | HBO crime drama named best dramatic series of 2014 by the Writers Guild of America: 2 wds. |
| BREAKINGBAD | AMC crime drama named best dramatic series of 2011, 2012, and 2013 by the Writers Guild of America: |
| MEMO | Joking remark shared by three women who coincidentally all wore red to an event: "It looks like the rest of these folks didn't get the ___" |
| ONSTRIKE | Like the Writers Guild of America, for much of 2023 |
| NERVE | It takes courage for a woman to join the navy (5) |
| UNIONS | The Writers Guild of America and others |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | At a 2014 Pebble Beach golf tournament, this actor performed the Heimlich maneuver on the event's director, who was choking on a piece of cheese |
| PETERWEIR | "Witness" and "Dead Poets Society" director who was one of two artists honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st Annual Venice Film Festival last week |
| RON | ___ Howard, former actor now director who was at the helm of new film Solo (3) |
