| 100% | KORDA | 5 | Zoltan —, director of film dramas Cry, the Beloved Country and A Woman's Vengeance |
| 42% | WENDERS | 7 | Wim —, director of film dramas Hammett, The Million Dollar Hotel and Paris, Texas |
| 40% | EYRE | 4 | Richard —, director of the films Iris and Notes on a Scandal |
| 37% | EGOYAN | 6 | Atom —, Egypt-born director of films Felicia's Journey and The Sweet Hereafter |
| 37% | SAYLES | 6 | John —, director of film dramas Matewan and Passion Fish |
| 37% | ALLEN | 5 | Irwin —, director of adventure films Five Weeks in a Balloon and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea |
| 37% | WRIGHT | 6 | Edgar —, director of films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End |
| 36% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 36% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 36% | SIRK | 4 | Douglas —, director of film dramas Magnificent Obsession and Imitation of Life |
| 36% | OZU | 3 | Yasujiro —, Japanese director of film dramas Tokyo Story and Early Spring |
| 36% | CUT | 3 | Director's cry at the end of a scene |
| 36% | ACTION | 6 | Director's cry at the start of a scene |
| 36% | ROMERO | 6 | George A —, director of the films Monkey Shines and Martin |
| 36% | CUT | 3 | Film director's yell at the end of a take |
| 36% | BLAKEEDWARDS | 12 | Director of films 10, Darling Lili and The Great Race |
| 36% | PETER | 5 | Director of films Outland, The Relic and Capricorn One |
| 36% | DANTE | 5 | Joe —, director of films Gremlins and The Howling |
| 36% | SIRK | 4 | Douglas —, Germany-born director of film dramas Magnificent Obsession and Imitation of Life |
| 36% | HALNEEDHAM | 10 | Director of films Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run |
| 35% | ZWICK | 5 | Edward —, director of films Glory, Defiance and The Siege |
| 35% | JARMAN | 6 | Derek —, director of films The Tempest, Caravaggio and Jubilee |
| 35% | RAIMI | 5 | Sam —, director of films Darkman and The Evil Dead |
| 35% | WEIR | 4 | Peter —, director of films Fearless and The Truman Show |
| 35% | DAHL | 4 | John —, director of films Rounders and The Last Seduction |
| 35% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 35% | CARLREINER | 10 | Director of film comedies The Man with Two Brains and The Jerk |