| Director of "Meatballs" and "Stripes" | 57 |
| Director of "Marty" | 29 |
| Director of "Magnificent Obsession": 1954 | 51 |
| Director of "M" and "Metropolis" | 52 |
| Director of "L'Avventura" | 39 |
| Director of "Jules et Jim" | 36 |
| Director of "It's a Wonderful Life" | 49 |
| Director of "It Happened One Night" | 45 |
| Director of "Inside Man" | 34 |
| Director of "Hoffa" | 29 |
| Director of "He Got Game" and "She Hate Me" | 63 |
| Director of "Groundhog Day" | 37 |
| Director of "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" (who is no relation to the author of this puzzle) | 125 |
| Director of "Eraserhead" | 34 |
| Director of "Eat Drink Man Woman" | 43 |
| Director of "Chicago" and "Dancin'" | 59 |
| Director of "Charlie's Angels" and "This Means War" | 75 |
| Director of "Carrie" and "Scarface" | 55 |
| Director of "Caddyshack" [0.75 teaspoons] | 51 |
| Director of "Brokeback Mountain" | 42 |
| Director of "Bride of the Monster" | 44 |
| Director of "Breaking Away" | 37 |
| Director of "Big" | 27 |
| Director of "Betsy's Wedding" | 43 |
| Director of "Being John Malkovich" | 44 |
| Director of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" | 62 |
| Director of "Au Revoir, Les Enfants" | 46 |
| Director of "Apollo 13" | 33 |
| Director of "Apocalypse Now" | 38 |
| Director of "Anna Karenina": 1948 | 43 |
| Director of "A Passage to India" and "Doctor Zhivago" | 73 |
| Director of "A Fistful of Dollars" | 44 |
| Director of "A Beautiful Mind" | 40 |
| Director of "8½" | 29 |
| Director of "12 Years a Slave" | 40 |
| Director of ''Meet John Doe'' | 45 |
| Director of ''Marty'' | 37 |
| Director of ''Gladiator'' | 41 |
| Director of "Star Wars: Episode VII" | 47 |
| Director of The Dresser | 26 |
| Director of Interiors | 24 |
| Director Nora | 13 |
| Director Nicolas | 16 |
| Director Morris et al. | 22 |
| Director Michelangelo | 21 |
| Director Michael | 16 |
| Director Meyer known as "King of the Nudies" | 54 |
| Director Meyer | 14 |
| Director Mervyn ___ | 19 |
| Director Mervyn | 15 |
| Director Mayfield | 17 |
| Director May | 12 |
| Director Martin Scorsese's anagrammatic claim | 49 |
| Director Martin of "Hud" and "Norma Rae" (4) | 64 |
| Director Martin | 15 |
| Director Marshall | 17 |
| Director Mark of "Earthquake" | 39 |
| Director Mack of early slapstick | 32 |
| Director MacAnuff | 17 |
| Director Lyne | 13 |
| Director Lupino | 15 |
| Director Lumet | 14 |
| Director Luhrmann | 17 |
| Director Lucas | 14 |
| Director Lubitsch | 17 |
| Director Louis | 14 |
| Director Logan from Tex. | 24 |
| Director Litvak | 15 |
| Director Leone of old westerns | 30 |
| Director Leone | 14 |
| Director Lee | 12 |
| Director Lean | 13 |
| Director Kurosawa | 17 |
| Director Kubrick | 16 |
| Director Koster film: 1936 | 26 |
| Director Korda classic: 1939 | 28 |
| Director known for spaghetti Westerns | 37 |
| Director King's "Twelve O'Clock ___" | 54 |
| Director Keshishian | 19 |
| Director Kenton | 15 |
| Director Kazan | 14 |
| Director Jules and family | 25 |
| Director Jules | 14 |
| Director Josh | 13 |
| Director Jordan | 15 |
| Director Jonathan | 17 |
| Director John | 13 |
| Director Joel or Ethan | 22 |
| Director Jim Jarmusch's grad school alma mater | 50 |
| Director Jean-____ Godard | 25 |
| Director Jean-___ Godard | 24 |
| Director Jean-__ Godard | 23 |
| Director Jean- ____Godard | 25 |
| Director Jannings | 17 |
| Director Jane | 13 |
| Director Jacquet of "March of the Penguins" | 53 |
| Director Jacques | 16 |
| Director Jackson | 16 |
| Director Ivan | 13 |
| Director in a brawl? | 20 |