| 100% | MANN | 4 | Michael ___, film director who also worked in television on the show "Miami Vice" |
| 80% | CARY | 4 | ___ Fukunaga, film director who also worked in television on the show "True Detective" |
| 80% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Lynch, famous film director who also worked in television on the show "Twin Peaks" |
| 79% | LEE | 3 | Spike ___, famous film director who also worked in television on the show "She's Gotta Have It" |
| 56% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Scorsese, famous film director who also worked in television |
| 41% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Roberts, "The Expendables" actor who palyed James Munroe in the 2010 action film and also starred as Michael Z. in "Inherent Vice" |
| 37% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 35% | LAURALINNEY | 11 | Actress who starred in the 1995 blockbuster film "Congo," based on Michael Crichton's novel of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ERIQLASALLE | 11 | Actor who starred in Michael Crichton's "ER," which was the most-watched television show in North America in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 34% | TOM | 3 | ___ Moore, TV and film director who was a director for the TV show "Cheers" |
| 33% | WES | 3 | ___ Craven, director who created the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film franchise |
| 33% | AMY | 3 | ___ Schumer, American comedian who also wrote and starred in the film "Trainwreck" |
| 33% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | Composer who has worked with Spielberg on many films like "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," and is also the composer for 33a: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HAROLDRAMIS | 11 | "Groundhog Day" director who plays Egon Spengler in the "Ghostbusters" films (2 wds.) |
| 33% | EMIL | 4 | Michael —, actor who played The Professor in 1985 film drama Insignificance |
| 33% | ANSARA | 6 | Michael who played Kane on “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” |
| 33% | FRANK | 5 | ___ Borzage, film director who won the first Academy Award for the best director for "7th Heaven" in 1929 |
| 32% | URIE | 4 | Actor Michael who plays Jerome Robbins in the 2023 film "Maestro" |
| 32% | LETITIAWRIGHT | 13 | "Death on the Nile" actress who plays Shuri in the Marvel film "Black Panther" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | OLIVIAMUNN | 10 | The Daily Show correspondent who went on to star in an X-Men movie |
| 31% | FELIX | 5 | Cartoon feline who was one of the first images shown on television |
| 31% | DENISON | 7 | Michael —, actor who played Algernon Moncrieff in 1952 film comedy The Importance of Being Earnest |
| 31% | ZSA | 3 | When repeated, a Gabor sister who starred in the television show "California Girls" |
| 31% | CHRISTIAN | 9 | ___ Bale, actor who played Michael Burry in the 2015 film "The Big Short" |
| 31% | DEMME | 5 | Ted —, director of films Life, The Ref and Blow who died in 2002 |
| 31% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | "Death on the Nile" actress who plays Dr. Wendy Lawson in the Marvel film "Captain Marvel" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SHEEN | 5 | Michael ___, actor from "Midnight in Paris" who played Dr. Blair Mudfly in the 2020 film "Dolittle" |
| 31% | CARR | 4 | Television's Jimmy ___, who hosts the game show "I Literally Just Told You" on Channel 4 |
| 31% | ROBERT | 6 | Actor De Niro who played Michael in the 1978 war film "The Deer Hunter" |
| 31% | IRVIN | 5 | Football Hall of Famer Michael who was on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009 |