| 100% | COEN | 4 | Ethan —, Best Director Oscar joint-winner; author of 1998 volume of short stories Gates of Eden |
| 85% | ETHAN | 5 | & 16A Best Director Oscar winner; author of 1998 volume of short stories Gates of Eden |
| 38% | LEVI | 4 | Primo —, author of 1975 volume of short stories The Periodic Table |
| 36% | ANGLEE | 6 | Winner of two Best Director Oscars |
| 36% | ANGLEE | 6 | Best Director Oscar winner for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi |
| 36% | DAVID | 5 | & 20D Best Director Oscar winner for Lawrence of Arabia |
| 36% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar winner for Lawrence of Arabia |
| 36% | NOLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2024 Best Director Oscar |
| 35% | BRADBURY | 8 | Ray —, author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man |
| 34% | WISE | 4 | Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Sound of Music |
| 33% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 33% | HUSTON | 6 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 33% | LEE | 3 | Ang ___, winner of two Oscars for Best Director |
| 32% | JACKSON | 7 | Peter —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 32% | STONE | 5 | Oliver —, Best Director Oscar winner for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July |
| 32% | FORD | 4 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| 32% | WYLER | 5 | William —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Mrs Miniver |
| 32% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar-winner for Lawrence of Arabia |
| 32% | ANG | 3 | ___ Lee (Best Director Oscar winner for "Life of Pi") |
| 31% | SING | 4 | Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film |
| 31% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar-winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 31% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 30% | HUGHHUDSON | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire |
| 30% | SKELETONCREW | 12 | 1985 volume of short stories by Stephen King |
| 30% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2000 volume of short stories by Helen Dunmore |
| 29% | JAMESCAMERON | 12 | Best Director and Best Picture Oscar winner who remastered and rereleased "Titanic" as part of its 25th anniversary (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SCREWJACK | 9 | 1991 volume of short stories by Hunter S Thompson |