| CAMERONDIAZ | Actress and film-maker introducing cleaner international cut (7,4) |
| COSTELLO | Music maker introducing really big-time comic, formerly (8) |
| IMPRINT | One money-maker introducing publicity effort to make an impact |
| IQOO | Chinese smartphone maker introducing 5G smartphone with promises of OS updates. (4) |
| STYLER | Trudie ___, actress and film producer, and Mrs Sting? (6) |
| GEENADAVIS | U.S. actress and film producer who appeared in The Fly, Stuart Little and Beetlejuice (5,5) |
| JULIEWALTERS | Comedy actress and film star (5,7) |
| TALMADGE | Norma, American actress and film producer of the silent era (8) |
| SRIDEVI | Indian actress and film producer |
| GRETA | ___ Gerwig, actress and film director (5) |
| IDALUPINO | Actress and film director who described herself as the "poor man's Bette Davis" |
| ROGERGRAEF | Criminologist and film-maker awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2004 and an OBE in 2006 |
| ANDY | -- Warhol, 1928-87, US pop artist and film-maker (4) |
| COCTEAU | French writer and film maker, d. 1963 (7) |
| CHAMBARS | Jack____ (Linguist and film maker) |
| CHARLOTTEPRODGER | British artist and film-maker who won the 2018 Turner Prize (9,7) |
| HOWARDHUGHES | 20th Century American business magnate, aviator and film maker (6,6) |
| TATI | French comic actor and film-maker, d. 1982 (4) |
| BREE | Activist and film maker Newsome |
| OSCAR | ___ Kightley, actor and film-maker (5) |
