- Charlie Kaufman – Favs: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), “Adaptation.” (2002), “Being John Malkovich” (1999), “Synecdoche, New York” (2008)
- Miranda July – Favs: “Me and You and Everyone We Know” (2005) and “Kajillionaire” (2020)
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Favs: “Magnolia” (1999), “Punch Drunk Love” (2002), “Boogie Nights” (1997), “There Will Be Blood” (2007)
- Sofia Coppola – Favs: “The Virgin Suicides” (1999), “Lost in Translation” (2003), “Priscilla” (2023)
- Wes Anderson – Favs: “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001), “Rushmore” (1998), “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012)
- Wong Kar-Wai – Favs: “Chungking Express” (1994), “Fallen Angels” (1995), “Happy Together” (1997)
- Michel Gondry – Favs: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) and “Science of Sleep” (2006)
- Todd Solondz – Favs: “Welcome to the Dollhouse” (1995), “Happiness”(1998), “Storytelling” (2001)
- Yorgos Lanthimos – Favs: “The Favorite” (2018), “Poor Things” (2023), The Lobster” (2015)
- Richard Linklater – Favs: “Before”-Trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013), “Waking Life” (2001), “Dazed and Confused” (1993)
Honorable Mentions: Park chan wook – Favs: “Oldboy” (2003), “Lady Vengeance” (2005), “I’m a Cyborg, But That’s ok” (2006)
Mike Mills – Favs: “20th Century Women” (2016) and “C’mon C’mon” (2021)
Greta Gerwig – Favs: “Ladybird”(2017), “Frances Ha” (2012), “Mistress America” (2015)
Jim Jarmusch – Favs: “Night on Earth” (1990) and “Only Lovers Left Alive” (2013)
Gregg Araki – Favs: The Teen Apocalypse Trilogy (1993, 1995, 1997), “Mysterious Skin” (2004), “Smiley Face” (2007)
Terry Zwigoff – Favs: “Ghost World” (2001), “Crumb” (1994), “Art School Confidential” (2006)
Jordan Peele – Favs: “Get Out” (2017) and “Us” (2019)
Coen Brothers- Favs: “The Big Lebowski” (1998), “Fargo” (1996), “Blood Simple” (1984)
Satoshi Kon – Favs: “Tokyo Godfathers” (2003), “Perfect Blue” (1997), “Paranoia Agent” (Miniseries, 2004)
Diablo Cody – Favs: “Juno” (2007), “Young Adult” (2011), “Tully” (2018)
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