| OLIVERSTONE | Winner of the Best Director Oscar for the 1986 film Platoon (6,5) |
| STONE | Oliver --, director of the 1986 film 'Platoon' (5) |
| ELIAS | Sergeant in the 1986 film Platoon, played by Willem Dafoe (5) |
| OBOIST | A person who plays the instrument used to perform the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission (6) |
| TAKEMYBREATHAWAY | Song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| ADAGIO | - for Strings; composition by Samuel Barber that formed part of the soundtrack in Oliver Stone's 1986 film Platoon (6) |
| STARSHIP | U.S. rock band noted for the 1986 song We Built This City (8) |
| CHRISTOPHER | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2023 film Oppenheimer (11,5) |
| MILOSFORMAN | Czech film maker who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1975 film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (5,6) |
| MINGHELLA | Anthony ___, winner of the Best Director Oscar for The English Patient |
| JANECAMPION | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1993's The Piano: 2 wds. |
| JAMESLBROOKS | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1983's "Terms of Endearment" |
| WES | Anderson who was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" |
| NOLAN | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2023 film Oppenheimer (11,5) |
| ROBERTREDFORD | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1980's "Ordinary People" |
| GRETAGERWIG | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 2017's Lady Bird: 2 wds. |
| KEVINCOSTNER | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1990's "Dances With Wolves" |
| TOMBERENGER | American actor Oscar-nominated for his supporting role as Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in the 1987 war film Platoon (3,8) |
| WILLEMDAFOE | "Poor Things" actor who played Sergeant Elias in the 1986 war film "Platoon": 2 wds. |
| SYDNEYPOLLACK | US film director who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1985 film Out of Africa (6,7) |
