| 100% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | Second woman, after Kathryn Bigelow, to win a best director Oscar (2020) |
| 60% | KATHRYNBIGELOW | 14 | First woman to win a Best Director Oscar |
| 52% | BIGELOW | 7 | First woman to win Best Director Oscar, Kathryn __ |
| 52% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | *Asian American who became only the second woman to win the Oscar for Best Director |
| 47% | ANG | 3 | Lee who was the first Asian to win a best-director Oscar |
| 46% | EMERALDFENNELL | 14 | Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 2020's "Promising Young Woman": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MIKE | 4 | Nichols who won a Best Director Oscar for 28-Across |
| 44% | RON | 3 | Howard who won a Best Director Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | Ang who won a Best Director Oscar for "Life of Pi" |
| 43% | REDS | 4 | 1981 film drama for which Warren Beatty won a Best Director Oscar |
| 43% | EMINEM | 6 | First rapper to win a Best Original Song Oscar |
| 42% | QUIETMAN | 8 | The —, 1952 comedy-drama film for which John Ford won a Best Director Oscar |
| 42% | FINDINGNEMO | 11 | First Disney film to win a Best Animated Feature Oscar |
| 41% | BOBFOSSE | 8 | Choreographer/director who won a Best Director Oscar for "Cabaret" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | KATHRYN | 7 | With 38-Across, the only woman to win the Best Director Oscar (for "The Hurt Locker") |
| 40% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | First Mexican to win the Best Director Oscar (for "Gravity"): 2 wds. |
| 39% | POITIER | 7 | First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 38% | ANG | 3 | ___ Lee, first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Director |
| 38% | KATHRYNBIGELOW | 14 | "The Hurt Locker" director who is the only woman to win the Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Oldest person to win the Best Director Oscar, at 74 (for "Million Dollar Baby"): 2 wds. |
| 38% | JANECAMPION | 11 | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1993's "The Piano": 2 wds. |
| 38% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 2017's "Lady Bird": 2 wds. |
| 38% | PACINO | 6 | Al who won a Best Actor Oscar for "Scent of a Woman" |
| 37% | KATHRYNBIGELOW | 14 | Woman who won the Best Director Oscar for 2009's "The Hurt Locker": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BIGELOW | 7 | First female to win best director Oscar |
| 36% | JANECAMPION | 11 | "The Piano" director who was the second woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CARDIB | 6 | First woman to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album as a solo artist |
| 35% | CUARON | 6 | Alfonso, first Mexican to win Best Director Oscar |
| 35% | CARDIB | 6 | First woman to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album as a solo artist (2 wds.) |
| 34% | KENRUSSELL | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Women in Love |