| VIDOR | King ____ was nominated for the best director Oscar five times but never won |
| PETEROTOOLE | Which English actor was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar eight times but never won it? (5,6) |
| EMFORSTER | Novelist who received a Nobel nomination at least 20 times, but never won |
| GIAMATTI | Paul _, was nominated for an Oscar for The Holdovers (8) |
| UP | Don't Look ___ was nominated for Oscar's Best Picture (2) |
| EVE | All About ___ was nominated for 14 Oscars. (3) |
| WES | Anderson who was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" |
| LINA | First woman nominated for the Best Director Oscar: ___ Wertmuller |
| FRANK | ___ Borzage film director who won the first Academy Award for the best director for 7th Heaven in 1929 |
| STEVENSPIELBERG | ____ has had eight nominations for the best director Oscar, and two wins |
| DEBORAHKERR | British actress who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar six times, including for The King And I (7,4) |
| KATHRYNBIGELOW | Woman who won the Best Director Oscar for 2009's The Hurt Locker: 2 wds. |
| DEPARTED | The ___ , 2006 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese for which he won the Best Director Oscar (8) |
| WILLIAMWYLER | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar three times, including for Ben-Hur (7,5) |
| CHRISTOPHER | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2023 film Oppenheimer (11,5) |
| NOLAN | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2023 film Oppenheimer (11,5) |
| KEVINCOSTNER | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1990's "Dances With Wolves" |
| ROBERTREDFORD | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1980's "Ordinary People" |
| JAMESLBROOKS | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1983's "Terms of Endearment" |
| ADAM | _ Driver was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Marriage Story (4) |
