| 100% | LYNCH | 5 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 93% | DAVID | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 93% | DAVIDLYNCH | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 54% | FINCHER | 7 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 54% | MALICK | 6 | Terrence —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life |
| 54% | YATES | 5 | Peter —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Breaking Away and The Dresser |
| 54% | HURT | 4 | John —, Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man |
| 53% | VIDOR | 5 | King —, Best Director Oscar nominee for War and Peace and The Citadel |
| 52% | ROBERT | 6 | & 6D Best Director Oscar nominee for Nashville, MASH, Short Cuts, the Player and Gosford Park |
| 52% | FINCHER | 7 | David ---, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 52% | JOFFE | 5 | Roland —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields and The Mission |
| 51% | FORD | 4 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| 51% | IVORY | 5 | James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day |
| 50% | RENOIR | 6 | Jean —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Southerner |
| 50% | MANN | 4 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Insider |
| 48% | GUSVANSANT | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Milk and Good Will Hunting |
| 48% | ZEFFIRELLI | 10 | Franco —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Romeo and Juliet |
| 47% | CAMPION | 7 | Jane —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 1993 drama The Piano |
| 47% | LUMET | 5 | Sidney —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 1957 drama 12 Angry Men |
| 45% | HURT | 4 | John —, late Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man |
| 45% | SCOTT | 5 | Ridley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down |
| 44% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 44% | LUMET | 5 | Sidney —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 12 Angry Men |
| 43% | MILOS | 5 | Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus |
| 42% | FELLINI | 7 | Federico —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La dolce vita and Amarcord |
| 42% | SWANSON | 7 | Gloria —, Best Actress Oscar nominee for The Trespasser and Sadie Thompson |