| 100% | AVADUVERNAY | 11 | "Selma" director who created "Queen Sugar": 2 wds. |
| 57% | AVA | 3 | Director ___ DuVernay who created "Queen Sugar" |
| 54% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director who calls his films "joints": 2 wds. |
| 53% | AVA | 3 | Director DuVernay who created the OWN series "Queen Sugar" |
| 53% | AVA | 3 | Director DuVernay who created the TV series "Queen Sugar" |
| 53% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director/producer/actor who created "Happy Days," developed 18-Across, and directed 44-Across: 2 wds |
| 52% | JOHNHUSTON | 10 | "The African Queen" director who gave up US citizenship in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 52% | AVA | 3 | Director DuVernay who created the new OWN series "Queen Sugar" |
| 52% | ADEXEC | 6 | Bigwig who creates commercials, for short: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SCOTTADAMS | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Dilbert": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | "Get Out" director who co-created the TBS comedy "The Last O.G.": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JAMESCAMERON | 12 | "Avatar" director who is an atheist: 2 wds. |
| 51% | MORTWALKER | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Beetle Bailey": 2 wds. |
| 50% | OLIVERSTONE | 11 | "Platoon" director who's a Vietnam vet: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Writer who created Peter Rabbit and Cotton-tail: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TWYLATHARP | 10 | Choreographer who created the jukebox musical "Movin' Out": 2 wds. |
| 49% | TYRABANKS | 9 | Supermodel who created "America's Next Top Model": 2 wds. |
| 49% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who created "Queen Sugar" |
| 48% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | President who created the National Park Service in 1916: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Mexico-born director who won an Oscar for "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | "Argo" director who won a California State Poker Championship: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WESCRAVEN | 9 | Horror film director who died on 8/30/15: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who directed 1996's "Romeo + Juliet": 2 wds. |
| 48% | CHARLESSCHULZ | 13 | Comic strip artist who created 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DANNYBOYLE | 10 | "Slumdog Millionaire" director who declined a knighthood: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MIKENICHOLS | 11 | Oscar-winning "The Graduate" director who was born in Germany: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SPIKELEE | 8 | 9-Down director who often sits courtside at Knicks games: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TODDPHILLIPS | 12 | "War Dogs" director who has directed the psychological thriller "Joker": 2 wds. |