| MINNELLI | Vincente ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Gigi (8) |
| POLANSKI | Roman ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Piano (8) |
| LEVINSON | Barry ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Rain Man (8) |
| FRIEDKIN | William ___, Best Director Oscar winner for 1971 film The French Connection (8) |
| EASTWOOD | Clint ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby (8) |
| SCORSESE | Martin ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Departed (8) |
| TRUFFAUT | Francois ___, Best Director Oscar nominee for La nuit americaine (8) |
| LEAN | David ___, Best Director Oscar-winner for Lawrence of Arabia (4) |
| CURTIZ | Michael ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Casablanca (6) |
| 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) |
| CIMINO | Michael ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter (6) |
| FLEMING | Victor ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Gone with the Wind (7) |
| 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) |
| SODERBERGH | Steven ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Traffic (10) |
| FOSSE | Bob ___, Best Director Oscar winner for Cabaret (5) |
| HUSTON | John ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (6) |
