| 100% | CIMINO | 6 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter |
| 66% | NICHOLS | 7 | Mike —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Graduate |
| 66% | POLANSKI | 8 | Roman —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Piano |
| 66% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Best Director Oscar winner for the 2018 film "Roma": 2 wds. |
| 66% | MINGHELLA | 9 | Anthony —, Best Director Oscar winner for The English Patient |
| 65% | WISE | 4 | Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Sound of Music |
| 65% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 65% | COPPOLA | 7 | Francis Ford —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Godfather: Part II |
| 64% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 64% | HUSTON | 6 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 63% | FORD | 4 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| 63% | FLEMING | 7 | Victor —, Best Director Oscar winner for Gone with the Wind |
| 63% | FRIEDKIN | 8 | William —, Best Director Oscar winner for 1971 film The French Connection |
| 62% | JACKSON | 7 | Peter —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 62% | MILOS | 5 | Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus |
| 62% | WALKEN | 6 | Christopher —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter |
| 61% | KAZAN | 5 | Elia —, Best Director Oscar winner for On the Waterfront and Gentleman's Agreement |
| 61% | MANN | 4 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Insider |
| 61% | STONE | 5 | Oliver —, Best Director Oscar winner for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July |
| 59% | WYLER | 5 | William —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Mrs Miniver |
| 57% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar-winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 56% | SAMMENDES | 9 | Best Director Oscar winner for American Beauty |
| 56% | WILLIAMWYLER | 12 | Best Director Oscar winner for Mrs Miniver |
| 55% | FOSSE | 5 | Bob —, Best Director Oscar winner for Cabaret |
| 55% | SODERBERGH | 10 | Steven —, Best Director Oscar winner for Traffic |
| 55% | MINNELLI | 8 | Vincente —, Best Director Oscar winner for Gigi |
| 55% | REDFORD | 7 | Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ordinary People |