| CHARLIECHAPLIN | English actor, director and composer who won an Oscar for the Best Music in an Original Dramatic Score for the 1952 film Limelight |
| PADDY | English actor, director and musician, - Considine (5) |
| WELLES | 8 captivated English actor-director (6) |
| NIGHT | Tender ___, F. Sco Fitzgerald novel, filmed in 1961 (2,3,5) |
| ISTHE | Tender ___, F. Sco Fitzgerald novel, filmed in 1961 (2,3,5) |
| LAB | Sco. room |
| IVANHOE | Walter Sco title character (7) |
| BRANAGH | He won a 2022 Oscar for the Best Original Screenplay (surname) (7) |
| PARADISO | 1989 drama film winning the Oscar for the best foreign language film (6,8) |
| CINEMA | 1989 drama film winning the Oscar for the best foreign language film (6,8) |
| LEGRAND | Michel ___, French composer who won an Oscar for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair |
| ALEXANDRE | ___ Desplat French composer who won the 2018 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film The Shape of Water |
| NINO | And 5 Composer who shared a Best Music Original Dramatic Score Oscar with Carmine Coppola for The Godfather Part II (4.4) |
| GORANSSON | Ludwig ___ Swedish composer who won the 2019 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film Black Panther |
| JUSTINHURWITZ | American composer who won the 2017 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film La La Land: 2 wds. |
| NINOROTA | Composer who shared a Best Music, Original Dramatic Score Oscar with Carmine Coppola for The Godfath |
| ROTA | Composer who shared a Best Music, Original Dramatic Score Oscar with Carmine Coppola for The Godfather, Part II (4,4) (see 6D) |
| HANSZIMMER | Composer who won an Oscar for 2021's "Dune" (First 2 letters in this answer + last 4) |
| NELSONRIDDLE | American composer who won an Oscar for his score of The Great Gatsby (6,6) |
| JOHNBARRY | Film music composer who won an Oscar for his score to Dances With Wolves (4,5) |
