| 100% | SCOTT | 5 | Ridley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down |
| 47% | GUSVANSANT | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Milk and Good Will Hunting |
| 46% | ZEFFIRELLI | 10 | Franco —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Romeo and Juliet |
| 45% | YATES | 5 | Peter —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Breaking Away and The Dresser |
| 45% | VIDOR | 5 | King —, Best Director Oscar nominee for War and Peace and The Citadel |
| 45% | DAVID | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 45% | DAVIDLYNCH | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 44% | ROBERT | 6 | & 6D Best Director Oscar nominee for Nashville, MASH, Short Cuts, the Player and Gosford Park |
| 44% | MALICK | 6 | Terrence —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life |
| 42% | IVORY | 5 | James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day |
| 41% | FELLINI | 7 | Federico —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La dolce vita and Amarcord |
| 41% | KUBRICK | 7 | Stanley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon |
| 41% | LYNCH | 5 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 41% | JOFFE | 5 | Roland —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields and The Mission |
| 41% | HUGHHUDSON | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire |
| 41% | KENRUSSELL | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Women in Love |
| 41% | MIKEFIGGIS | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas |
| 41% | SOFIA | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Lost in Translation |
| 40% | LOUISMALLE | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for 1980 film Atlantic City |
| 40% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Hud |
| 40% | RITT | 4 | Martin -, Best Director Oscar nominee for Hud |
| 40% | RENOIR | 6 | Jean —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Southerner |
| 40% | HOWARD | 6 | & 1A Best Director Oscar nominee for Sergeant York |
| 40% | MANN | 4 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Insider |
| 40% | HAWKS | 5 | Howard —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Sergeant York |
| 39% | TRUFFAUT | 8 | Francois —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La nuit américaine |