| 100% | YATES | 5 | Peter —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Breaking Away and The Dresser |
| 60% | DAVID | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 60% | DAVIDLYNCH | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 58% | VIDOR | 5 | King —, Best Director Oscar nominee for War and Peace and The Citadel |
| 58% | JOFFE | 5 | Roland —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields and The Mission |
| 58% | LYNCH | 5 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 57% | MALICK | 6 | Terrence —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life |
| 57% | ROBERT | 6 | & 6D Best Director Oscar nominee for Nashville, MASH, Short Cuts, the Player and Gosford Park |
| 55% | IVORY | 5 | James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day |
| 52% | GUSVANSANT | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Milk and Good Will Hunting |
| 52% | RENOIR | 6 | Jean —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Southerner |
| 52% | MANN | 4 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Insider |
| 52% | ZEFFIRELLI | 10 | Franco —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Romeo and Juliet |
| 52% | CAMPION | 7 | Jane —, Best Director Oscar nominee for 1993 drama The Piano |
| 51% | FELLINI | 7 | Federico —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La dolce vita and Amarcord |
| 51% | KUBRICK | 7 | Stanley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon |
| 51% | FINCHER | 7 | David ---, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 51% | FINCHER | 7 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 50% | SCOTT | 5 | Ridley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down |
| 46% | MILOS | 5 | Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus |
| 46% | HUGHHUDSON | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire |
| 46% | KENRUSSELL | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Women in Love |
| 46% | MIKEFIGGIS | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas |
| 46% | SOFIA | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Lost in Translation |
| 45% | LOUISMALLE | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for 1980 film Atlantic City |