| SAMUELGOLDWYN | US filmmaker (1879-1974) |
| TARANTINO | US filmmaker (9) |
| HUSTON | Late US filmmaker thus cracked on |
| RON | ___ Howard, award-winning US filmmaker (3) |
| ALLEN | Woody _, US filmmaker and actor (5) |
| SPIKELEE | US filmmaker who directed Malcolm X (5,3) |
| AVA | When They See Us filmmaker ___ DuVernay |
| LINKLATER | Richard ___ (b1960), US filmmaker (9) |
| NORA | - Ephron, US filmmaker (4) |
| WOODYALLEN | US filmmaker born Allan Stewart Konigsberg (5,5) |
| WARHOL | US filmmaker fighting to keep cut? (6) |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | Academy Award-winning US filmmaker and actor who starred in the films Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider and Heartbreak Ridge (5,8) |
| DONEN | Stanley _, late US filmmaker who co-directed Singin' In The Rain (5) |
| CECIL | Late US filmmaker who directed The Ten Commandments in 1956, _ B. DeMille (5) |
| SYDNEYPOLLACK | US filmmaker somewhere in New South Wales having fish |
| ANGLEE | Taiwanese US filmmaker who directed films including Life Of Pi (3,3) |
| BEWILDERING | Begin to get confused about US filmmaker difficult to understand (11) |
| STEVENSPIELBERG | US filmmaker who directed the 1971 TV film 'Duel' (6,9) |
| WATERS | US filmmaker known as the 'Pope of Trash', John - (6) |
| SPIELBERG | Steven _, US filmmaker considered the pioneer of the modern blockbuster (9) |
