| 100% | DAVIDLEITCH | 11 | "Bullet Train" director who directed "The Fall Guy" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | TODDPHILLIPS | 12 | "War Dogs" director who has directed the psychological thriller "Joker": 2 wds. |
| 59% | MARIASCHRADER | 13 | "Unorthodox" Emmy-winning director who directed the 2022 film "She Said" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who also directed the music video for Madonna's "Vogue": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SPIKEJONZE | 10 | "Her" director who also directed the music video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice": 2 wds. |
| 54% | WOO | 3 | John ___, Chinese film director who directed the 2000 action film "Mission: Impossible 2" |
| 54% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who wrote and directed the 2022 music biopic "Elvis" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who directed 1996's "Romeo + Juliet": 2 wds. |
| 52% | GEORGEMILLER | 12 | Director whose birthday it is today, who directed the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 52% | NIKICARO | 8 | "Whale Rider" director who directed Disney's live-action "Mulan": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ETHANCOEN | 9 | "Fargo" director who directed 15-Across without his brother Joel: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JIMHENSON | 9 | Puppeteer who directed the 1981 film "The Great Muppet Caper": 2 wds. |
| 52% | TODDPHILLIPS | 12 | "The Hangover" trilogy director who directed "Joker" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Good Night, and Good Luck" director who directed the 2023 film adaptation of Daniel James Brown's nonfiction novel "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ROBREINER | 9 | "When Harry Met Sally... " director who directed "The Princess Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | "Taxi Driver" director who directed "The Irishman" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | "Parasite" Oscar winner who directed the Robert Pattinson sci-fi film "Mickey 17": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 48% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who directed and played the title character in 1996's "Hamlet": 2 wds. |
| 48% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 48% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" writer/director who directed the 2020 film adaptation of 45-Across by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | "Gran Torino" actor/director who directed "American Sniper": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | Lead actor in "Breaking Bad," who directed the episode "Blood Money" in the show's 5th season: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GARETHEDWARDS | 13 | "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" director who wrote and directed "The Creator" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | "Get Out" director who co-created the TBS comedy "The Last O.G.": 2 wds. |
| 47% | PENNY | 5 | ___ Marshall, director who directed the movie "Big" |
| 47% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "American Sniper" actor who directed and stars in the "A Star Is Born" remake: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Nomadland" director who directed and co-wrote Marvel's "Eternals" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SYDNEYPOLLACK | 13 | "Out of Africa" Oscar-winning director who directed 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" Oscar-nominated director who directed and co-wrote "Barbie" (2 wds.) |