| 100% | RON | 3 | ___ Howard, the director of 2020’s “Hillbilly Elegy” |
| 50% | RON | 3 | __ Howard, director of the film "Frost/Nixon" |
| 48% | MARVINMILLER | 12 | Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame's 2020 class (2 wds.) |
| 48% | BET | 3 | Teyana Taylor won Video Director of the Year at its 2020 award show |
| 47% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |
| 47% | RON | 3 | "Hillbilly Elegy" director Howard |
| 47% | RON | 3 | “Hillbilly Elegy” director Howard |
| 47% | MATTHAIG | 8 | Author of 2020's The Midnight Library |
| 47% | MARLON | 6 | Wayans of 2020’s “On the Rocks” |
| 47% | RON | 3 | "In the Heart of the Sea" director Howard |
| 46% | ALDA | 4 | Director of the "M*A*S*H" finale |
| 46% | ALDA | 4 | Director of the “M*A*S*H” finale |
| 46% | ALDA | 4 | Director of the last "M*A*S*H" episode |
| 45% | ALDA | 4 | Director of the final episode of "M*A*S*H" |
| 45% | DAWES | 5 | Director of the budget who became U.S. vice president |
| 45% | SHRIVER | 7 | First director of the U.S. Peace Corps |
| 45% | UNCUT | 5 | Like the director's version of a movie |
| 45% | NIKI | 4 | Director Caro of 2020's "Mulan" |
| 44% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Cinderella": 2 wds. |
| 43% | FORMAN | 6 | Miloš, director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 43% | INQUIREINCHOIR | 14 | Ask the director of church singing? |
| 43% | EDGARWRIGHT | 11 | Director of the "Cornetto Trilogy" and 2025's "The Running Man" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OLUO | 4 | Ijeoma ___, author of 2020's "Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America" |
| 43% | SPIELBERG | 9 | The director of The Color Purple and The Terminal |
| 43% | STEPHENDALDRY | 13 | "The Inheritance" director who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ESCAPEMAY | 9 | Get away from the director of "Ishtar"? |
| 42% | HITCHCOCK | 9 | Alfred __, the director of Psycho and Vertigo |
| 42% | REITMAN | 7 | Director of the original Ghostbusters |
| 42% | ELIROTH | 7 | Director of the "Hostel" films |
| 42% | SCORSESE | 8 | Director of the film "Goodfellas" |