| 100% | LYNCH | 5 | "Dune" director David |
| 78% | LEAN | 4 | Director David |
| 78% | LYNCH | 5 | Director David |
| 71% | LYNCH | 5 | "Mulholland Drive" director David ___ |
| 66% | FINCHER | 7 | David __, director of Fight Club |
| 64% | YATES | 5 | "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" director David |
| 63% | YATES | 5 | "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" director David |
| 63% | LYNCH | 5 | "Twin Peaks" co-creator and "Mulholland Drive" director David ___ |
| 62% | PETRAEUS | 8 | David ___, C.I.A. director under Obama |
| 62% | FINCHER | 7 | David __, director of Fight Club and Seven |
| 62% | FINCHER | 7 | David __, Gone Girl and Fight Club director |
| 59% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar-winner for Lawrence of Arabia |
| 59% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar winner for Lawrence of Arabia |
| 57% | LYNCH | 5 | "Dune" director |
| 57% | YATES | 5 | David ___, director of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" |
| 56% | DENIS | 5 | "Dune" director Villeneuve |
| 56% | RITTENHOUSE | 11 | David —, 18th-century astronomer; first director of the United States Mint |
| 54% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 54% | LYNCH | 5 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 54% | FINCHER | 7 | David ---, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 54% | FINCHER | 7 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 53% | PETRAEUS | 8 | Iraq War general David ___, who later became the CIA director |
| 52% | ROTH | 4 | David Lee ___, vocalist of Van Halen. Also Eli ___, the Hollywood actor and director |
| 52% | ROTH | 4 | Eli ___ and David Lee ___, a hollywood director and Van Halen vocalist |
| 51% | LANCEREDDICK | 12 | "John Wick" actor who plays Secret Service director David Gentry in "Angel Has Fallen" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CRONENBERG | 10 | Body-horror director David who made an N.F.T. of himself kissing his own corpse |
| 49% | LAN | 3 | David —, South Africa-born playwright; artistic director of the Young Vic, London appointed in 2000 |
| 49% | MAMET | 5 | "The Winslow Boy" screenwriter/director David |
| 46% | DENIS | 5 | "Dune" and "Dune: Part Two" director Villeneuve |
| 45% | LEAN | 4 | David, director of "A Passage to India", "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" |