Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i tōna tīmatanga, kua hoatu te tohu ki ngā kaiwhakahaere 72 rānei, ki ngā kapa whakahaere rānei. Kua riro a John Ford i te nuinga o nga tohu i roto i tenei waahanga me te wha. I tohua a William Wyler i nga wa kotahi tekau ma rua, nui atu i tetahi atu tangata. Ko Damien Chazelle te kaiwhakahaere taitamariki rawa i roto i te hītori ki te whiwhi i tēnei tohu, i te 32 o ona tau mo tana mahi i runga i "La La Land". Ko John Singleton te kaiwhakahaere taitamariki rawa i tohua mo tenei tohu, i te 24 o ona tau mo tana mahi i runga i "Boyz n the Hood". E rua nga roopu whakahaere i tohatoha i te tohu; Robert Wise me Jerome Robbins mo "West Side Story" i te 1961 me Joel me Ethan Coen mo "No Country for Old Men" i te 2007. Ko nga tuakana o Coen anake nga tuakana i toa i te tohu. Ko Kathryn Bigelow te wahine tuatahi i toa i te tohu, mo te tau 2009 "The Hurt Locker". Mai i te
Ko Chloé Zhao te toa hou o tenei waahanga mo tana mahi i runga i te "Nomadland".