| CHLOEZHAO | Oscar-winning director of the 2020 drama film Nomadland (5,4) |
| INGRAM | Charles _. subject of the 2020 drama series Quiz. adapted from a play by James Graham (6) |
| KIRBY | Vanessa _, Oscar nominee for the 2020 drama film Pieces of a Woman (5) |
| ANTHONYHOPKINS | Actor who stars alongside Olivia Colman in the 2020 drama film The Father (7,7) |
| FRANCESMCDORMAND | Actress who played a widowed drifter in 2020 film Nomadland |
| SAMMENDES | Oscar- winning director of the 1999 comedydrama film American Beauty (3,6) |
| TOMHOOPER | Oscar-winning director of The King's Speech |
| JOSHBOONE | Director of the 2020 Marvel superhero film The New Mutants (4,5) |
| THEFATHER | 2020 drama film directed by Florian Zeller and starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman (3,6) |
| RONHOWARD | Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind (3,6) |
| JOHATHAN | And 13 Oscar-winning director of the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs (8,5) |
| CAMPION | Oscar-winning director of The Piano and The Power Of The Dog, Jane - - - (7) |
| JONATHANDEMME | Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| BEATTY | Star and Oscar-winning director of the 1981 historical drama film Reds (6) |
| WARREN | Star and Oscar-winning director of the 1981 historical drama film Reds (6) |
| DEMME | Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| HILLBILLY | "____ Elegy" (2020 drama that's generating Oscar buzz for Glenn Close, who's been nominated seven times without a win, a record for an actress) |
| BILLYWILDER | Oscar-winning director of the films The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Apartment (1960) (5,6) |
| TORO | Guillermo del ___ Oscar-winning director of The Shape of Water |
| MILOSFORMAN | Oscar-winning director of the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |