| 100% | ZWICK | 5 | Director/producer Edward who directed "Glory" and cocreated "thirtysomething" |
| 46% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director/producer/actor who created "Happy Days," developed 18-Across, and directed 44-Across: 2 wds |
| 44% | ZWICK | 5 | Edward —, director of films Glory, Defiance and The Siege |
| 44% | MEL | 3 | Brooks who wrote and directed "The Producers" |
| 41% | WOODY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Blue Jasmine" director who wrote and directed 18-Across |
| 41% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" director who also directed "Barbie": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who wrote and directed the 2022 music biopic "Elvis" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Filmmaker Roth who's a member of the "Splat Pack" of directors and producers |
| 39% | GARETHEDWARDS | 13 | "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" director who wrote and directed "The Creator" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | PAPP | 4 | Joseph —, American theatre producer and director who founded the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1954 |
| 39% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Nomadland" director who directed and co-wrote Marvel's "Eternals" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | FORDCOPPOLA | 11 | New Hollywood director Francis (birthday today), who directed "The Godfather," and has won Oscars as director, writer, and producer: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TERRYGILLIAM | 12 | Actor and "12 Monkeys" director who cocreated "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 50 years ago: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICHARDDONNER | 13 | "The Goonies" director, who also directed "Superman" and "Lethal Weapon": 2 wds. |
| 37% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 37% | MEL | 3 | Brooks who directed "The Producers" |
| 37% | MEL | 3 | ___ Brooks who directed "The Producers" |
| 37% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 36% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" |
| 36% | MEL | 3 | Gibson who directed and produced "Apocalypto" |
| 36% | SAM | 3 | ___ Mendes, English director who directed the Bond movies "Skyfall" and "Spectre" |
| 36% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Director of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" who directed 47-Across: 3 wds. |
| 35% | PEELE | 5 | Jordan who directed Get Out and Us |
| 35% | SCORSESE | 8 | Martin who directed Raging Bull and Goodfellas |
| 35% | CARPENTER | 9 | John who directed The Thing and Halloween |
| 35% | CAMERON | 7 | James, who directed The Abyss and Aliens |
| 35% | IVAN | 4 | Reitman who directed "Stripes" and "Ghostbusters" |
| 35% | IVAN | 4 | Reitman who directed "Meatballs" and "Stripes" |
| 35% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who directed "Selma" and "13th" |