| 100% | ROBERTZEMECKIS | 14 | Oscar-winning director of "Forrest Gump" who also directed "Romancing the Stone": 2 wds. |
| 55% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 54% | SPIKEJONZE | 10 | "Her" director who also directed the music video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice": 2 wds. |
| 52% | FORDCOPPOLA | 11 | Francis ___, Oscar-winning director of "The Godfather" whose father and daughter have also won the award: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FREDZINNEMANN | 13 | Director of "High Noon" (who won two Oscars, for directing "A Man for All Seasons" and "From Here to Eternity"): 2 wds. |
| 49% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SYDNEYPOLLACK | 13 | "Out of Africa" Oscar-winning director who directed 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GARYSINISE | 10 | "Forrest Gump" Oscar nominee who plays the father of 18-Across in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who also directed the music video for Madonna's "Vogue": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMESLBROOKS | 12 | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1983's "Terms of Endearment": 3 wds. |
| 44% | RICHARDDONNER | 13 | "The Goonies" director, who also directed "Superman" and "Lethal Weapon": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | Host of "Beat Shazam" who won an Oscar for the film "Ray" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MIKENICHOLS | 11 | New Hollywood director of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" who won the Best Director Oscar for his second film, "The Graduate": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DEMME | 5 | Director Jonathan who won an Oscar for "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 41% | MARIASCHRADER | 13 | "Unorthodox" Emmy-winning director who directed the 2022 film "She Said" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JONATHANDEMME | 13 | Director of the Oscar-winning psychological thriller film, "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | "The Sound of Music" actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | Actor from 14a and 41a who also played the role of Han Solo in "Star Wars": 2 wds. |
| 40% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NICKCASSAVETES | 14 | Director of "The Notebook," whose father directed "A Woman Under the Influence": 2 wds. |
| 39% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the 1939 epic historical romance film "Gone With the Wind": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ROBERT | 6 | ___ Benton, Oscar-winning director who directed the 1994 film "Nobody's Fool" |
| 39% | GUSVANSANT | 10 | "Milk" director who also directed the music video for Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge": 3 wds. |
| 39% | FORDCOPPOLA | 11 | New Hollywood director Francis (birthday today), who directed "The Godfather," and has won Oscars as director, writer, and producer: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 38% | MIKENICHOLS | 11 | Oscar-winning "The Graduate" director who was born in Germany: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JAMESLBROOKS | 12 | Filmmaker who won three Oscars (Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay) for 1983's "Terms of Endearment": 3 wds. |