| 100% | ERNST | 5 | Lubitsch who directed Trouble in Paradise |
| 46% | URIEL | 5 | Angel who directs Satan to Earth in "Paradise Lost" |
| 41% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who directed "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 41% | FRIEDKIN | 8 | William who directed The Exorcist in 1973 |
| 41% | CLINT | 5 | Eastwood who directed Tom Hanks in “Sully” |
| 41% | AVA | 3 | ___ DuVernay who directed "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 41% | EPHRON | 6 | Nora who directed ''Sleepless in Seattle'' |
| 40% | LENA | 4 | Dunham who directed and starred in Tiny Furniture |
| 40% | DREW | 4 | Barrymore who directed and acted in “Whip It” |
| 40% | DWAN | 4 | Allan who directed Shirley Temple in Heidi, 1937 |
| 40% | NORA | 4 | Ephron who directed "Sleepless in Seattle" |
| 40% | UMA | 3 | Whom Quentin directed in three films |
| 39% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who directed and starred in "Betsy's Wedding" |
| 39% | LUC | 3 | Besson who directed Scarlett Johansson in 2014's "Lucy" |
| 39% | JOHN | 4 | Krasinski who directed and starred in "A Quiet Place" |
| 39% | DUVERNAY | 8 | Ava who directed Selma and A Wrinkle in Time |
| 39% | WEIR | 4 | Peter who directed Robin WIlliams in "Dead Poets Society" |
| 39% | IDA | 3 | Lupino who directed and co-starred in "The Bigamist" |
| 39% | WELLES | 6 | Orson who directed himself in "Citizen Kane" |
| 39% | JASONPRIESTLEY | 14 | TV star who directed the 1999 documentary "Barenaked in America" |
| 38% | DELPY | 5 | Julie who directed and co-starred in "2 Days in Paris" |
| 38% | ROTH | 4 | Eli who directed "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" |
| 38% | ELIA | 4 | Kazan who directed Brando as Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront" |
| 38% | ELIA | 4 | Kazan who directed Marlon in his first Oscar role |
| 37% | NORA | 4 | ___ Ephron who directed "Sleepless in Seattle" |
| 37% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | "Happy Days" creator who directed Julia Roberts in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | WARRENBEATTY | 12 | Actor who directed, wrote, and appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 36% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | "Panic Room" actress who directed and starred in "Little Man Tate": 2 wds. |
| 36% | KEATON | 6 | Buster —, US comedian who directed and starred in 1924 silent film Sherlock Jr |
| 36% | ELI | 3 | Roth who directed 2018's "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" |