| NANNI | ____ Moretti, Italian film director noted for his 2002 film The Son's Room (5) |
| OZON | Francois ___, French film director born in 1967 noted for his 2002 film 8 Women (4) |
| LEONE | Sergio, Italian film director noted for spaghetti westerns (5) |
| ZEFFIRELLI | Franco -; Italian film director noted for his 1968 dramatisation of Romeo and Juliet and Brother Sun, Sister Moon (10) |
| DESICA | Vittorio, Italian film director noted for Bicycle Thieves (2,4) |
| UGOS | Writers Betti and Moretti |
| SACKHOFF | Victoria Moretti in Longmire: Katee ___ |
| APTED | Michael ___ , British film director noted for the Up TV documentary series (5) |
| MUMBA | Samantha, Dublin-born singer-actress who appeared as Mara in the 2002 film The Time Machine (5) |
| IVORY | Director noted for his collaborations with Ismail Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala such as the Academy Awardwinning film Howards End (5) |
| STONE | Oliver ***** , US director noted for his films 'JFK', 'Nixon' and 'W.' (5) |
| MALLE | Louis ___, French director noted for his 1981 film My Dinner with Andre |
| ROYAL | 2002 film, The ----- Tenenbaums (5) |
| MONTE | 2002 film "The Count of ___ Cristo" |
| ALFRED | Film director noted for his camera work and for his "walk-ons" in his own films (6,9) |
| HITCHCOCK | Film director noted for his camera work and for his "walkons" in his own films (6,9) |
| INGMAR | ____ Bergman, Swedish film director noted for his 1957 film The Seventh Seal (6) |
| ROHMER | Eric, French New Wave film director noted for his 1986 film The Green Ray (6) |
| CECILBDEMILLE | U.S. film director noted for his love of spectacle whose work includes The Ten Commandments (5,1,7) |
| KUROSAWA | Akira, Japanese film director noted for his film Seven Samurai (8) |