Across
- 1. The first Black woman to star in a major film (Zouzou).
- 4. Director of the film "Twilight", which had one of the the highest-ever opening weekends for a woman director.
- 5. Wrote the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally and nominated for best original screenplay 3 times at the academy awards.
- 6. The first Black actress to win an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone with the Wind.
- 8. The first transgender actor to win a Golden Globe in any category.
- 11. The youngest nominated for Best Actress at the 85th Academy Awards for her role as Hushpuppy.
- 12. The highest-grossing female-led superhero movie of all time
- 14. The first openly transgender actor to win an Independent Spirt Award for her performance in "Tangerine."
- 15. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first female Avenger.
- 18. An Austrian American actress that developed a frequency-hopping signal during World War II
- 19. One of the first female film director's (La Fée aux Choux)
- 20. Invented the non-reflective glass, known as Langmuir–Blodgett film, used in cameras and projectors.
- 21. First female director to receive the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 22. The first Black female director to have a film nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards.
Down
- 2. The first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director in 2010.
- 3. The first film in the DC Extended Universe with a leading lady
- 7. First woman to direct a major animated film.
- 9. The original “final girl” character, being the final person alive in the movie Black Christmas (1974)
- 10. Changed film theory forever when she introduced feminist ideologies in her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.”
- 13. Elected as the first mayor of Universal City and the face of the Rex Motion Picture Company
- 16. The only black woman that has won best actress at the academy awards.
- 17. The second woman ever and first woman of color to receive the Academy Award for Best Director.