| 100% | DEPALMA | 7 | "The Untouchables" director Brian (2 wds.) |
| 67% | DEPALMA | 7 | "Scarface" director Brian (2 wds.) |
| 66% | PALMA | 5 | "The Untouchables" director Brian De ___ |
| 60% | SPIKELEE | 8 | "Do the Right Thing" director: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 59% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | First Mexican to win the Best Director Oscar (for "Gravity"): 2 wds. |
| 54% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 53% | KATHRYNBIGELOW | 14 | Woman who won the Best Director Oscar for 2009's "The Hurt Locker": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1980's "Ordinary People": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ALFREDHITCHCOCK | 15 | "Vertigo" director: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SPIKELEE | 8 | "BlacKkKlansman" director: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ONEIOTA | 7 | The tiniest bit: 2 wds. |
| 52% | RATRACE | 7 | The daily grind: 2 wds. |
| 52% | NEWYORK | 7 | The Empire State: 2 wds. |
| 52% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1990's "Dances With Wolves": 2 wds. |
| 51% | OKLAHOMACITY | 12 | The NBA's Thunder: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GEORGESTRAIT | 12 | The King of Country: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PRINCEWILLIAM | 13 | The Duke of Cambridge: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | The Queen of Soul: 2 wds. |
| 51% | MOTHERNATURE | 12 | The great outdoors personified: 2 wds. |
| 51% | AMERICANFLAG | 12 | The Stars and Stripes: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DEPALMA | 7 | “The Untouchables” director |
| 50% | STEPHENDALDRY | 13 | "The Inheritance" director who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (2 wds.) |
| 50% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Oldest person to win the Best Director Oscar, at 74 (for "Million Dollar Baby"): 2 wds. |
| 50% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | The Beatles' bass guitarist: 2 wds. |
| 50% | TVSET | 5 | The idiot box, slangily: 2 wds. |
| 50% | GSTAR | 5 | The sun, to astronomers: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CANDICEBERGEN | 13 | "Murphy Brown" actress who played the pageant director in "Miss Congeniality": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SAMMENDES | 9 | "The Ferryman" director who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |