| 100% | CAPRA | 5 | Best Director of 1934, '36 and '38 |
| 62% | EAS2OD | 6 | Best Director of 1992 and 2004 |
| 62% | STONE | 5 | Best Director of 1986 and 1989 |
| 62% | KAZAN | 5 | Best Director of 1947 and 1954 |
| 59% | CAMERON | 7 | Best Director of 1997, and Best Director nominee of 2009 |
| 56% | ANGLEE | 6 | Best Director winner for "Life of Pi" and "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 55% | ANGLEE | 6 | Best Director Oscar winner for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi |
| 53% | TATI | 4 | Director and star of the 1958 Best Foreign Language Film |
| 52% | STORM | 5 | With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41-Across |
| 51% | STONE | 5 | Oliver —, Best Director Oscar winner for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July |
| 51% | FORD | 4 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| 51% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Best-selling author of 25-, 36-, and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MALICK | 6 | Terrence —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life |
| 50% | EASTWOOD | 8 | Best Director of 1992 |
| 50% | CAMERON | 7 | Best Director of 1997 |
| 50% | RONHOWARD | 9 | Best Director of 2001 |
| 50% | JAMESCAMERON | 12 | Best Director of 1997 |
| 50% | SPLITDECISION | 13 | Outcome of many a boxing match ... or 38- and 36-Down |
| 49% | JAMESCAMERON | 12 | Best Director and Best Picture Oscar winner who remastered and rereleased "Titanic" as part of its 25th anniversary (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TATI | 4 | Jacques —, French director and star of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner Mon Oncle |
| 47% | IVORY | 5 | James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day |
| 47% | LLOYD | 5 | Frank ___, Best Director of 1928-29 |
| 46% | CAPRA | 5 | Three-time Best Director of the 1930s |
| 46% | DEPALMA | 7 | Director of “Carrie” and “Scarface” |
| 46% | PENN | 4 | Director of "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 46% | DEMME | 5 | Director of “Beloved” and “Philadelphia” |
| 46% | LUMET | 5 | Director of “Serpico” and “Network” |
| 45% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of seven Best Picture nominees |
| 45% | FORMAN | 6 | Best Director winner of the 1980s |
| 45% | JOEWRIGHT | 9 | Director of Atonement and Darkest Hour |