| AARONSORKIN | Writer and director of the 2017 crime drama film Molly's Game (5,6) |
| THREE | Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017 crime drama film starring Frances McDormand (5) |
| JESSICA | Star of 2018 film Molly's Game, ----- --Chastain (7) |
| ALEXGARLAND | Author of The Beach and director of the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina (2014) |
| EDGARHOOVER | J. --- ---, US lawyer and director of the FBI 1924-72 (5,6) |
| JAMESGUNN | Director of the 2017 superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (5,4) |
| ELAINEMAY | Writer and director of the 1987 film Ishtar that stars Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman |
| ERICSYKES | Writer and director of the 1967 slapstick film The Plank (4,5) |
| PETERGREENAWAY | Writer and director of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover |
| SHYAMALAN | Writer and director of the 1999 supernatural thriller film The Sixth Sense (last name only) |
| BABYDRIVER | 2017 crime drama with Lily James and Ansel Elgort (2 wds.) |
| COPPOLA | Sofia, director of the 2017 historical thriller film The Beguiled (7) |
| ADAM | American writer and director of the films The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up (4,5) |
| MCKAY | American writer and director of the films The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up (4,5) |
| BARRY | Writer and director of the Oscar-winning 2016 film Moonlight (5,7) |
| JENKINS | Writer and director of the Oscar-winning 2016 film Moonlight (5,7) |
| ALLEN | Co-writer and director of the 1997 film Twin Town (5,5) |
| KEVIN | Co-writer and director of the 1997 film Twin Town (5,5) |
| TODDPHILLIPS | Co-writer and director of the 2019 psychological thriller film Joker (4,8) |
| SAMMENDES | Co-writer and director of the 2019 epic war film 1917 (3,6) |