| THALBERG | Irving ___, American film producer who inspired F Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel The Last Tycoon (8) |
| BERLIN | Irving _, American composer and lyricist who wrote the song White Christmas (6) |
| UNCAS | Title character in the J F Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans (5) |
| COOPER | James Fenimore ---, American writer whose most famous work is the novel The Last Of The Mohicans (6) |
| SELZNICK | David O. ---, American film producer, best known for producing Gone With The Wind (8) |
| GEORGELUCAS | American film producer, screenwriter and director who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones (6,5) |
| GREAT | Baz Luhrmann film based on F Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name, The ___ Gatsby (5) |
| LEONARDO | ___ DiCaprio actor who portrayed Jay Gatsby in the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby |
| MULLIGAN | Carey ___ actress who portrayed Daisy Buchanan in the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby |
| ISLA | ___ Fisher actress who portrayed Myrtle Wilson in the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby |
| TOBEY | ___ Maguire actor who portrayed Nick Carraway in the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby |
| JOHNJASPER | Choirmaster and uncle of the title character in Charles Dickens's unfinished novel The Mystery of Ed |
| WILLSMITH | American actor, rapper and film producer who walked onstage and who slapped presenter Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022 (4,5) |
| DEMME | Jonathan ___, American film director best known for The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia |
| GRIFFITH | DW _, American film director who co-founded the studio United Artists in 1919 (8) |
| BILLKENWRIGHT | West End theatre producer and film producer who has been on the Everton board since 1989 |
| WALTDISNEY | American film producer whose creations include Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck |
| NEMESIS | Which novel, the last Miss Marple story Agatha Christie wrote, is named after the Greek goddess of revenge? (7) |
| BAZ | ___ Luhrmann director of the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby |
| BAKER | Jordan ___ character played by Elizabeth Debicki in the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby |