| CURTIZ | Michael ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Casablanca (6) |
| CIMINO | Michael ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter (6) |
| MANN | Michael ___, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Insider (4) |
| HUSTON | John ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (6) |
| RENOIR | Jean ___, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Southerner (6) |
| MALICK | Terrence ___, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life (6) |
| BOGART | Humphrey _, Hollywood icon famed for Casablanca (6) |
| LEAN | David ___, Best Director Oscar-winner for Lawrence of Arabia (4) |
| WISE | Robert ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Sound of Music (4) |
| DEMME | Jonathan ___, Best Director Oscar-winner for The Silence of the Lambs (5) |
| NICHOLS | Mike ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Graduate (7) |
| FLEMING | Victor ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Gone with the Wind (7) |
| POLANSKI | Roman ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Piano (8) |
| LEVINSON | Barry ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Rain Man (8) |
| WYLER | William ___, Best Director Oscar-winner for Mrs Miniver (5) |
| SPIELBERG | Steven ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Saving Private Ryan (9) |
| CUKOR | George ___, Best Director Oscar winner for My Fair Lady (5) |
| FRIEDKIN | William ___, Best Director Oscar winner for 1971 film The French Connection (8) |
| MINNELLI | Vincente ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Gigi (8) |
| SODERBERGH | Steven ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Traffic (10) |
