1.  Joel and Ethan Coen (Joel credited alone- O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Intolerable Cruelty; Joel and Ethan co-credited- The Ladykillers, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man plus segments of the anthology films To Each His Own Cinema and Paris, Je T'Aime) [114 points / 18 votes]

2.  Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight) [74/10]

3.  Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s 11, Full Frontal, Solaris, Ocean’s Twelve, Bubble, The Good German, Ocean’s Thirteen, Che, The Girlfriend Experience, The Informant!, plus the HBO series K Street and a segment of the anthology film Eros) [60/10]

4.  Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood) [45/7]

5.  Lars von Trier (Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Manderlay, The Boss of It All, Antichrist, plus co-credited with Jørgen Leth for The Five Obstructions and a segment of the anthology film To Each His Own Cinema) [44/8]