| 100% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 67% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ROBERTZEMECKIS | 14 | Oscar-winning director of "Forrest Gump" who also directed "Romancing the Stone": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 59% | SPIKEJONZE | 10 | "Her" director who also directed the music video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice": 2 wds. |
| 57% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 56% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" director who also directed "Barbie": 2 wds. |
| 54% | RICHARDDONNER | 13 | "The Goonies" director, who also directed "Superman" and "Lethal Weapon": 2 wds. |
| 54% | COENBROTHERS | 12 | "Fargo" team who also directed "No Country for Old Men": 2 wds. |
| 52% | FREDZINNEMANN | 13 | Director of "High Noon" (who won two Oscars, for directing "A Man for All Seasons" and "From Here to Eternity"): 2 wds. |
| 52% | BARRYLEVINSON | 13 | "Rain Man" filmmaker who directed "The Wizard of Lies": 2 wds. |
| 51% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who also directed the music video for Madonna's "Vogue": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SYDNEYPOLLACK | 13 | "Out of Africa" Oscar-winning director who directed 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 50% | CECILBDEMILLE | 13 | "The Ten Commandments" director who also directed 18-/42-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Director of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" who directed 47-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | MADISONCOUNTY | 13 | 1995 American romantic drama film "The Bridges of ___" directed by Clint Eastwood who also starred in the film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DONNYHATHAWAY | 13 | Singer of 15-Across who also sang duets with Roberta Flack: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DOMINICWEST | 11 | "The Wire" actor who plays 32-Across in season 5 of "The Crown": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | Actress and wife of 18-Across, who also appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 46% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ETHANCOEN | 9 | "Fargo" director who directed 15-Across without his brother Joel: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Inside Man": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LUCYDACUS | 9 | "Kissing Lessons" singer who is also a member of 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold on the original 32-Across and who directed the first episode of the 2021 reboot of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director/producer/actor who created "Happy Days," developed 18-Across, and directed 44-Across: 2 wds |
| 45% | ELLENBARKIN | 11 | "Sea of Love" actress who plays Janine "Smurf" Cody in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | TIKIBARBER | 10 | Onetime New York Giants running back who also cuts men's hair?: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | Director of "Lost in Translation," whose father directed "The Godfather": 2 wds. |