| 100% | NOLAN | 5 | Best Director nominee for "Dunkirk" |
| 82% | LUMET | 5 | Best Director nominee for "12 Angry Men" and "Network" |
| 74% | HUGHHUDSON | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire |
| 74% | KENRUSSELL | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Women in Love |
| 74% | MIKEFIGGIS | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas |
| 74% | SOFIA | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Lost in Translation |
| 73% | LOUISMALLE | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for 1980 film Atlantic City |
| 73% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Hud |
| 73% | SCORSESE | 8 | Nine-time Oscar nominee for Best Director |
| 73% | RITT | 4 | Martin -, Best Director Oscar nominee for Hud |
| 72% | GUSVANSANT | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Milk and Good Will Hunting |
| 72% | RENOIR | 6 | Jean —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Southerner |
| 72% | HOWARD | 6 | & 1A Best Director Oscar nominee for Sergeant York |
| 72% | MANN | 4 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Insider |
| 72% | HAWKS | 5 | Howard —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Sergeant York |
| 71% | DAVID | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 71% | DAVIDLYNCH | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 71% | TRUFFAUT | 8 | Francois —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La nuit américaine |
| 71% | LUMET | 5 | Sidney —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 12 Angry Men |
| 71% | SOFIA | 5 | & 14A Best Director Oscar nominee for Lost in Translation |
| 71% | ZEFFIRELLI | 10 | Franco —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Romeo and Juliet |
| 71% | TRUFFAUT | 8 | Francois —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La Nuit Americaine |
| 71% | HUGH | 4 | & 14A Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire |
| 71% | TARNATION | 9 | Three-time nominee for Best Director (1994, 2009, 2019) |
| 70% | CAMPION | 7 | Jane —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 1993 drama The Piano |
| 70% | MALLE | 5 | Louis —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 1980 film Atlantic City |
| 69% | LUMET | 5 | Sidney —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 1957 drama 12 Angry Men |