| 100% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Director of "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 79% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Inside Man": 2 wds. |
| 79% | HAROLDRAMIS | 11 | Director of "Groundhog Day": 2 wds. |
| 79% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Director of "Quiz Show": 2 wds. |
| 78% | IVANREITMAN | 11 | Director of "Father's Day": 2 wds. |
| 78% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 78% | BARRYLEVINSON | 13 | Director of "Good Morning, Vietnam": 2 wds. |
| 77% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 77% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |
| 76% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 75% | ROBZOMBIE | 9 | Director of the 2007 remake of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | Director of "The Social Network" and "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 75% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Chi-Raq" and "He Got Game": 2 wds. |
| 75% | WESANDERSON | 11 | Director of the 2009 film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : 2 wds. |
| 75% | JASONREITMAN | 12 | Director of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," whose father directed "Ghostbusters": 2 wds. |
| 74% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the original 1978 version of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 74% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of 2017's "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 73% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Cinderella": 2 wds. |
| 73% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director of "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve": 2 wds. |
| 73% | TIMBURTON | 9 | Director of the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": 2 wds. |
| 73% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | Director of "Lost in Translation," whose father directed "The Godfather": 2 wds. |
| 73% | RIANJOHNSON | 11 | Director of the 2022 Benoit Blanc mystery film "Glass Onion": 2 wds. |
| 72% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of a 1992 film about 15-Across starring Denzel Washington: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 71% | JONFAVREAU | 10 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "The Jungle Book": 2 wds. |
| 71% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the 1939 epic historical romance film "Gone With the Wind": 2 wds. |
| 71% | NICKCASSAVETES | 14 | Director of "The Notebook," whose father directed "A Woman Under the Influence": 2 wds. |
| 71% | STEVEMCQUEEN | 12 | "Bullitt" star, or the director of "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| 70% | BILLCONDON | 10 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast": 2 wds. |