| BROOKS | Mel ---, US comedy writer, actor and film director whose movies include The Producers and Blazing Saddles (6) |
| MOSTEL | Comic actor whose films include The Producers (4,6) |
| ZERO | Comic actor whose films include The Producers (4,6) |
| BLANC | Mel -, US actor who voiced cartoon characters Daffy Duck and Porky Pig |
| CPA | Occupation of Leo Bloom in "The Producers," for short |
| QUENTIN | And 23 American actor, writer and film director whose movies include Reservoir Dogs (7,9) |
| TERANTINO | American actor, writer and film director whose movies include Reservoir Dogs (7,9) |
| BRENDAN | Irish actor and film director whose films include In Bruges, The Guard and The Banshees of Inisherin (7,7) |
| GLEESON | Irish actor and film director whose films include In Bruges, The Guard and The Banshees of Inisherin (7,7) |
| THEOJAMES | English actor who played the role of Tobias 'Four' Eaton in The Divergent Series film trilogy, and whose movies include The Benefactor and War On Everyone (4,5) |
| LEIGH | Mike ---, film and theatre writer and director whose movies include Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake (5) |
| DANNYGLOVER | Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series was played by this US actor, whose movies include The Color Purple and Witness (5,6) |
| MORGANFREEMAN | Oscar-winning actor, movie director and narrator, whose movies include The Contract and Evan Almighty (6,7) |
| MIKELEIGH | Film and theatre writer and director whose movies include Vera Drake (2004) |
| ZHANGYIMOU | Chinese film director whose movies include Hero and House of Flying Daggers: 2 wds. |
| AKIRAKUROSAWA | Japanese film director whose movies include Seven Samurai and Rashomon: 2 wds. |
| BONGJOONHO | South Korean film director whose movies include Okja and Parasite: 2 wds. hyph. |
| LEAN | David ---, 20th-Century film director whose movies include Brief Encounter and Doctor Zhivago (4) |
| HITCHCOCK | Alfred ---, film director whose movies include Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho (9) |
| DAVIDLEAN | 20th-century film director whose movies include Brief Encounter and Doctor Zhivago (5,4) |
