| ALFONSOCUARON | Mexican-born director who won an Oscar for "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| GEORGECLOONEY | Co-star of 15-Across in "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| BENAFFLECK | Actor and director who won an Oscar for his screenplay for Good Will Hunting |
| TARANTINO | Quentin, U.S. film director who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained (9) |
| CAROLREED | Film director who won an Oscar for Oliver! |
| STURGES | Preston ___, screenwriter and director who won an Oscar for The Great McGinty (7) |
| ANTHONYQUINN | Mexican-born actor who won an Oscar for his role in "Viva Zapata!": 2 wds. |
| PRESTONSTURGES | American playwright, screenwriter and film director who won an Oscar for the film The Great McGinty (7,7) |
| LUPITANYONGO | Mexican-born actress who won an Oscar for her role in "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| FRANK | ___ Borzage film director who won the first Academy Award for the best director for 7th Heaven in 1929 |
| 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) |
| INGMARBERGMAN | Swedish film director who won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Fanny and Alexander (6,7) |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | Actor/director who won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby (5,8) |
| STEVEMCQUEEN | British film director who won several awards for his 2013 film 12 Years a Slave |
| RICHARDATTENBOROUGH | Film director who won two Oscars for Gandhi (1982) |
| LOACH | Ken _, director who won the 2016 Palme d'Or for I, Daniel Blake (5) |
| MIKE | --- Leigh, film director who won the Palme d'Or in 2016 for Secrets & Lies (4) |
| BAKER | Sean ___, director who won four Oscars for "Anora" |
| CUARON | Best Director winner for "Gravity" and "Roma" |