Below is a list of the 50 filmmakers whose films, based on TSPDT's research, have most often been mentioned/cited as film noirs.
1. Fritz Lang
2. Robert Siodmak
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Anthony Mann
5. Billy Wilder
6. Otto Preminger
7. John Huston
8. Nicholas Ray
9. Orson Welles
10. Joseph H. Lewis
11. Jules Dassin
12. Jacques Tourneur
13. Robert Wise
14. Edward Dmytryk
15. Henry Hathaway
16. Samuel Fuller
17. Don Siegel
18. Phil Karlson
19. Edgar G. Ulmer
20. Robert Aldrich
21. Michael Curtiz
22. Raoul Walsh
23. Joseph Losey
24. Richard Fleischer
25. John Farrow
26. John Brahm
27. Rudolph Maté
28. Carol Reed
29. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
30. Howard Hawks
31. Lewis Allen
32. Jean-Pierre Melville
33. Jean Negulesco
34. William Castle
35. Vincent Sherman
36. Stanley Kubrick
37. Anatole Litvak
38. André de Toth
39. Frank Tuttle
40. David Lynch
41. Gordon Douglas
42. John Cromwell
43. Charles Vidor
44. Curtis Bernhardt
45. Mark Robson
46. Tay Garnett
47. William Dieterle
48. John Sturges
49. Felix E. Feist
50. Stuart Heisler
2. Robert Siodmak
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Anthony Mann
5. Billy Wilder
6. Otto Preminger
7. John Huston
8. Nicholas Ray
9. Orson Welles
10. Joseph H. Lewis
11. Jules Dassin
12. Jacques Tourneur
13. Robert Wise
14. Edward Dmytryk
15. Henry Hathaway
16. Samuel Fuller
17. Don Siegel
18. Phil Karlson
19. Edgar G. Ulmer
20. Robert Aldrich
21. Michael Curtiz
22. Raoul Walsh
23. Joseph Losey
24. Richard Fleischer
25. John Farrow
26. John Brahm
27. Rudolph Maté
28. Carol Reed
29. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
30. Howard Hawks
31. Lewis Allen
32. Jean-Pierre Melville
33. Jean Negulesco
34. William Castle
35. Vincent Sherman
36. Stanley Kubrick
37. Anatole Litvak
38. André de Toth
39. Frank Tuttle
40. David Lynch
41. Gordon Douglas
42. John Cromwell
43. Charles Vidor
44. Curtis Bernhardt
45. Mark Robson
46. Tay Garnett
47. William Dieterle
48. John Sturges
49. Felix E. Feist
50. Stuart Heisler