| CHLOEZHAO | Chinese-born film-maker who won the 2021 best director Oscar for Nomadland |
| CHARLOTTEPRODGER | British artist and film-maker who won the 2018 Turner Prize (9,7) |
| NOMADLAND | Winner of the 2021 Best Picture Oscar (9) |
| MCDORMAND | She won a Best Actress Oscar for Nomadland, Frances -- (9) |
| VELOCETTE | Birmingham-founded bike makers who won the first two 350cc World Championships after the Second World War. (9) |
| PETER | New Zealand-born film maker, _ Jackson (5) |
| BUNUEL | Spanish-born film-maker, 1900-83 (6) |
| MILOSFORMAN | Czech film maker who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1975 film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (5,6) |
| CAPRA | Frank _, Italian-American film-maker who won three Best Director Oscars in the 1930s (5) |
| EMERALDFENNELL | British film-maker who won an Oscar for her screenplay of Promising Young Woman |
| SPIELBERG | Steven, U.S. film director who won his first Best Director Oscar for the 1993 film Schindler's List (9) |
| SYDNEYPOLLACK | US film director who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1985 film Out of Africa (6,7) |
| CHRISTOPHER | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2023 film Oppenheimer (11,5) |
| NOLAN | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2023 film Oppenheimer (11,5) |
| SAMMENDES | British film and stage director who won a Best Director Oscar for his directorial debut film American Beauty (3,6) |
| WES | Anderson who was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" |
| KATHRYNBIGELOW | Woman who won the Best Director Oscar for 2009's The Hurt Locker: 2 wds. |
| WARRENBEATTY | American actor and filmmaker who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1981 film Reds (6,6) |
| KEVINCOSTNER | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1990's "Dances With Wolves" |
| ROBERTREDFORD | He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1980's "Ordinary People" |
