| 100% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 59% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 58% | JUSTINROILAND | 13 | American actor, who is the co-creator of "Rick and Morty", and also voices its two main characters : 2 wds. |
| 58% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" director who also directed "Barbie": 2 wds. |
| 57% | RICHARDDONNER | 13 | "The Goonies" director, who also directed "Superman" and "Lethal Weapon": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | Actor who plays Bill Denbrough in the movie "It Chapter Two" and also played the lead in "Split": 2 wds. |
| 56% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ROBERTZEMECKIS | 14 | Oscar-winning director of "Forrest Gump" who also directed "Romancing the Stone": 2 wds. |
| 55% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 54% | FREDZINNEMANN | 13 | Director of "High Noon" (who won two Oscars, for directing "A Man for All Seasons" and "From Here to Eternity"): 2 wds. |
| 54% | SPIKEJONZE | 10 | "Her" director who also directed the music video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice": 2 wds. |
| 53% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Director of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" who directed 47-Across: 3 wds. |
| 47% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who also directed the music video for Madonna's "Vogue": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JAMESCAMERON | 12 | Best Director and Best Picture Oscar winner who remastered and rereleased "Titanic" as part of its 25th anniversary (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | "The Wolf of Wall Street" director who co-wrote and directed "Killers of the Flower Moon" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | "Fight Club" actor who plays Lionel Essrog in "Motherless Brooklyn" and also directed the film: 2 wds. |
| 46% | THEFOURSEASONS | 14 | 1981 romantic comedy starring 9-/53-Across, who also wrote and directed it: 3 wds. |
| 46% | GEORGEMILLER | 12 | Director whose birthday it is today, who directed the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MILLIONDOLLAR | 13 | 2004 American sports drama "___ Baby" directed by Clint Eastwood (birthday today) who also starred in it: 2 wds. |
| 45% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director/producer/actor who created "Happy Days," developed 18-Across, and directed 44-Across: 2 wds |
| 45% | PENNYMARSHALL | 13 | "Laverne & Shirley" actress who directed "Big" and "A League of Their Own": 2 wds. |
| 45% | GEORGEBLANDA | 12 | Placekicker who also played quarterback, and who played a record 26 seasons of professional football: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELIZABETHBANKS | 14 | "Pitch Perfect" actress who directed 16-Across and plays Susan Bosley in it: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALLISONJANNEY | 13 | Actress who won two Emmys in 2014, for "Mom" and "Masters of Sex": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MADISONCOUNTY | 13 | 1995 American romantic drama film "The Bridges of ___" directed by Clint Eastwood who also starred in the film: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who was EW's only two-time Entertainer of the Year, in 2009 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | Actress and wife of 18-Across, who also appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DARRENSTAR | 10 | "Sex and the City" creator who also created "Younger," which is in its sixth season: 2 wds. |