41. Ridley Scott (43) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 100 Directors
42. Satyajit Ray (42) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited
43. Jean Vigo (41) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
44. Robert Altman (44) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
45. Werner Herzog (47) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 100 Directors
46. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (45) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited
47. Max Ophüls (46) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
48. Terrence Malick (48) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 100 Directors
49. Buster Keaton (49) 7* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited [*5 films were co-directed by or credited to Clyde Bruckman, Edward Sedgwick, Charles F. Resiner, John Blystone & Donald Crisp]
50. Hou Hsiao-hsien (54) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 100 Directors
51. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (51) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
52. D.W. Griffith (50) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
53. Pier Paolo Pasolini (52) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
54. John Huston (55) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
55. Krzysztof Kieslowski (53) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
56. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (58) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 100 Directors
57. Jacques Tati (56) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
58. Dziga Vertov (57) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
59. Quentin Tarantino (59) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 100 Directors
60. Michael Curtiz (61) 3* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited [*The Adventures of Robin Hood was co-directed by William Keighley]