| 100% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | Director of "The Social Network" and "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 60% | TIMBURTON | 9 | Director of the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": 2 wds. |
| 58% | BILLCONDON | 10 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast": 2 wds. |
| 56% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 54% | FORDCOPPOLA | 11 | Francis ___, Oscar-winning director of "The Godfather" whose father and daughter have also won the award: 2 wds. |
| 54% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the 1939 epic historical romance film "Gone With the Wind": 2 wds. |
| 54% | EDGARWRIGHT | 11 | Director of the "Cornetto Trilogy" and 2025's "The Running Man" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 53% | ROBZOMBIE | 9 | Director of the 2007 remake of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | PYRENEANIBEX | 12 | A subspecies of the Iberian wild goat, found in Spain and Southern France which went extinct in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 52% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | WESANDERSON | 11 | Director of the 2009 film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : 2 wds. |
| 51% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 51% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 51% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Birth name of the Spice Girl who released the solo single "It's Raining Men," and was nicknamed "Ginger Spice": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the original 1978 version of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 50% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Cinderella": 2 wds. |
| 50% | RIANJOHNSON | 11 | Director of the 2022 Benoit Blanc mystery film "Glass Onion": 2 wds. |
| 50% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Chi-Raq" and "He Got Game": 2 wds. |
| 49% | JONFAVREAU | 10 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "The Jungle Book": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |
| 49% | JONATHANDEMME | 13 | Director of the Oscar-winning psychological thriller film, "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. |
| 48% | STLOUIS | 7 | Home of the Cardinals and the Rams: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NICKCASSAVETES | 14 | Director of "The Notebook," whose father directed "A Woman Under the Influence": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author of the 2012 New York Times best seller "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director of "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve": 2 wds. |