| SIRK | Douglas, German-born U.S. film director noted for 1950s melodramas (4) |
| CECILBDEMILLE | U.S. film director noted for his love of spectacle whose work includes The Ten Commandments (5,1,7) |
| CAPRA | Frank, Italian-born U.S. film director whose work includes the 1934 film It Happened One Night (5) |
| TODD | Mike, U.S. film and theatre producer who was Elizabeth Taylor's third husband (4) |
| MASS | Pile of characters in melodrama's storylines (4) |
| SPIELBERG | Steven, U.S. film director who won his first Best Director Oscar for the 1993 film Schindler's List (9) |
| HAYS | ___ Code, strict U.S. film content regulations, discarded in 1968 (4) |
| ABLE | Talented old U.S. film star missing opening (4) |
| WALT | Mr. Disney, U.S. film producer who died in 1966 (4) |
| HIFI | Things for 1950s audiophiles |
| AMES | Last name for 1950s singing brothers |
| ELIROTH | U.S. film director born in 1972 who specialises in the horror genre (3,4) |
| TARANTINO | Quentin, U.S. film director who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained (9) |
| VIDOR | King, U.S. film director born in 1894 (5) |
| IVORY | James, U.S. film director whose works include 1986's A Room With a View (5) |
| JHABVALA | Ruth Prawer, German-born U.S. author noted for her novel Heat And Dust (8) |
| RUST | Arty U.S. film |
| AGEE | U.S. film critic-author |
| BERKELEY | Busby, U.S. film director and musical choreographer (8) |
| LYNCHMOB | U.S. film director has way of working with British lot seeking summary justice? (5,3) |
