Film Directors Crossword for Adults

This medium crossword about film directors has 13 entries on an 11 by 11 grid, 8 across and 5 down.

Answers average 6.1 letters and the longest runs ten, clued as "French-Canadian visionary who brought Arrakis to the big screen" (9 Across). It crosses four other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 13 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Medium
  • Answers 3 to 10 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 9 Across (10)French-Canadian visionary who brought Arrakis to the big screen
  2. 1 Down (8)Frequent collaborator with De Niro and DiCaprio
  3. 4 Down (8)Youngest person to win the Best Director Oscar for a modern musical

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Across

  1. 3. His dark thrillers include a movie about a forbidden underground society
  2. 5. Legendary director closely associated with John Wayne pictures
  3. 6. She captured the American West beautifully in an Oscar-winning drama
  4. 9. French-Canadian visionary who brought Arrakis to the big screen
  5. 10. Comedian who revolutionized modern horror with a sunken place
  6. 11. Legendary Billy who brought us a film where some like it hot
  7. 12. History-making South Korean auteur who explored class warfare
  8. 13. British filmmaker known for kinetic editing and a flavorful trilogy

Down

  1. 1. Frequent collaborator with De Niro and DiCaprio
  2. 2. Visionary who told audiences to do the right thing
  3. 4. Youngest person to win the Best Director Oscar for a modern musical
  4. 7. First woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director
  5. 8. Italian maestro who gave us a film titled after eight and a half

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