| 100% | JERRYZUCKER | 11 | Director of 62-Across (2 wds.) |
| 73% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Inside Man": 2 wds. |
| 73% | HAROLDRAMIS | 11 | Director of "Groundhog Day": 2 wds. |
| 73% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Director of "Quiz Show": 2 wds. |
| 73% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 72% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of a 1992 film about 15-Across starring Denzel Washington: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ROBZOMBIE | 9 | Director of the 2007 remake of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Director of "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 70% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the original 1978 version of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 70% | IVANREITMAN | 11 | Director of "Father's Day": 2 wds. |
| 70% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 70% | BARRYLEVINSON | 13 | Director of "Good Morning, Vietnam": 2 wds. |
| 70% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 69% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | Director of the 1996 film "Matilda": 2 wds. |
| 69% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |
| 68% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 67% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of 2017's "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | Director of "The Social Network" and "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 67% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Chi-Raq" and "He Got Game": 2 wds. |
| 67% | WESANDERSON | 11 | Director of the 2009 film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : 2 wds. |
| 67% | JASONREITMAN | 12 | Director of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," whose father directed "Ghostbusters": 2 wds. |
| 66% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | Australian director of 19- and 33-Across who's known for films with pop music soundtracks: 2 wds. |
| 65% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Director of the live-action version of Disney's "Cinderella": 2 wds. |
| 65% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director of "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve": 2 wds. |
| 65% | TIMBURTON | 9 | Director of the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": 2 wds. |
| 65% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | Director of "Lost in Translation," whose father directed "The Godfather": 2 wds. |
| 65% | RIANJOHNSON | 11 | Director of the 2022 Benoit Blanc mystery film "Glass Onion": 2 wds. |
| 64% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 63% | JOHNSINGLETON | 13 | Director of 18-Across and 40-Across who passed away in 2019 (2 wds.) |