| BILLYWILDER | US director of films including Sunset Boulevard (1950) |
| SAMRAIMI | US director of films including 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (3,5) |
| ROBREINER | (GKN) US director of films including The Princess Bride (1987) |
| OLIVERSTONE | US director of films including Nixon (1995) and Snowden (2016) (6,5) |
| LYNCH | US director of films including 1986's Blue Velvet, David _ (5) |
| HOWARD | US director of films including The Big Sleep (1946) |
| HAWKS | US director of films including The Big Sleep (1946) (5) |
| CAPRA | Frank _, Italian-born US director of films including Lost Horizon (1937) |
| JOEDANTE | US director of films including Gremlins (1984) and its 1990 sequel (3,5) |
| SCORSESE | US director of films including Mean Streets (1973) and The Irishman (2019) (6,8) |
| MARTIN | US director of films including Mean Streets (1973) and The Irishman (2019) (6,8) |
| DAVID | US director of films including Suicide Squad (2016) and The Beekeeper (2024) (5) |
| AYER | US director of films including Suicide Squad (2016) and The Beekeeper (2024) (4) |
| RUSSMEYER | US director of films Up!, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Vixen! |
| RUSS | & 16A US director of films Up!, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Vixen! |
| MEYER | US director of films Up!, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Vixen! (4,5) |
| ROMERO | George A. ___, US director of horror films including 1968's Night of the Living Dead (6) |
| TERRENCEMALICK | Acclaimed US director of The Tree of Life and Badlands |
| WEBB | US director of 500 Days of Summer Marc - (4) |
| SAMPECKINPAH | US director of the 1972 version of The Getaway (3,9) |
