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63 wins & 85 nominations

Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival

Bodil Awards

2003 Winner Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- Mulholland Drive
2000 Winner Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- The Straight Story

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2001 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
1987 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Director
- Blue Velvet
Tied with Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986).

Bram Stoker Awards

2017 Nominee Bram Stoker Award
- Screenplay
- Twin Peaks
Episode: Part 8
Shared with: Mark Frost

BAFTA Awards

1981 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Direction
- The Elephant Man
1981 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Screenplay
- The Elephant Man
Shared with: Christopher De Vore · Eric Bergren

CableACE Awards

1994 Nominee CableACE
- Directing a Dramatic Series
- Hotel Room
For episode "Blackout"

Camerimage

2012 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing
2003 Winner Order - For the Contribution to Polish Culture
2000 Winner Special Award
- Film Direction with a Special Visual Sensitivity
2000 Winner Special Award
- Best Duo: Director - Cinematographer
Shared with: Frederick Elmes

Cannes Film Festival

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

César Awards, France

2002 Winner César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Mulholland Drive
1982 Winner César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- The Elephant Man

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2002 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
2002 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Original Score
- Mulholland Drive
Shared with: Angelo Badalamenti · John Neff
2000 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Straight Story

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2002 Nominee DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive

Directors Guild of America, USA

1981 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- The Elephant Man

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

2002 Nominee Edgar
- Best Motion Picture
- Mulholland Drive

Primetime Emmy Awards

2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- Twin Peaks
2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- Twin Peaks
Shared with: Mark Frost
2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
- Twin Peaks
For episode "Part 8"
Shared with: Ronald Eng · Dean Hurley · David A. Cohen · Kerry Dean Williams · Luke Gibleon · Willard Overstreet
2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie
- Twin Peaks
For episode: "Part 8".
Shared with: Duwayne Dunham · Brian Berdan · Jonathan P. Shaw · Justin Krohn · Jason Tucker
1990 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
- Twin Peaks
Shared with: Angelo Badalamenti

European Film Awards

1999 Winner Screen International Award
- The Straight Story
USA

Fantasporto

1991 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
- Best Film
- Wild at Heart
1982 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
- Best Film
- Eraserhead

Fotogramas de Plata

2001 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- The Straight Story
1987 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Blue Velvet

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

1982 Winner Critics Award
- Best Foreign Film
- The Elephant Man
USA.

Golden Globes, USA

2002 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Mulholland Drive
2002 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Mulholland Drive
1987 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Blue Velvet
1981 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- The Elephant Man

Hugo Awards

1985 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation
- Dune
Shared with: Frank Herbert

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2007 Winner Special Distinction Award
For their collaborative work.
Shared with: Laura Dern
2000 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- The Straight Story
1987 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Blue Velvet
1987 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Screenplay
- Blue Velvet

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2002 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Mulholland Drive
1991 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Wild at Heart

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Nominee Sierra Award
- Best Director
- The Straight Story

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
1986 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Blue Velvet
1986 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Blue Velvet

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2018 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score and Musical for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media
- Twin Peaks
Episode: "Part 8 (2017)"
Shared with: Dean Hurley

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2002 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
1987 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Blue Velvet

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2001 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
1999 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best Director
- The Straight Story
1986 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best Director
- Blue Velvet

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2017 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
- My Beautiful Broken Brain
Shared with: Michael Houldey · Sophie Robinson · Lotje Sodderland

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2002 Winner OFCS Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
2002 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Mulholland Drive

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

2000 Winner Robert
- Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
- The Straight Story

Russian Guild of Film Critics

2002 Nominee Golden Aries
- Best Foreign Film
- Mulholland Drive

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

1999 Winner SDFCS Award
- Best Director
- The Straight Story

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2023 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- The Fabelmans
Shared with: Jeannie Berlin · Paul Dano · Judd Hirsch · Gabriel LaBelle · Seth Rogen · Michelle Williams

Stockholm Film Festival

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Winner TFCA Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive

Valladolid International Film Festival

1980 Winner Honorable Mention
- Eraserhead

Venice Film Festival

WorldFest Houston

1970 Winner Grand Award
- Best Short Subject
- The Grandmother

Writers Guild of America, USA

1987 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Blue Velvet
1981 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
- The Elephant Man
Shared with: Christopher De Vore · Eric Bergren

AFI Awards, USA

2002 Nominee AFI Award
- Director of the Year
- Mulholland Drive

Amanda Awards, Norway

1991 Nominee Amanda
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
- Wild at Heart

Sant Jordi Awards

2003 Winner Sant Jordi
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Mulholland Drive
2001 Winner Sant Jordi
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- The Straight Story

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2002 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive

Chlotrudis Awards

2007 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Director
- Inland Empire
2002 Winner Audience Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
2002 Winner Audience Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Mulholland Drive
2002 Winner Chlotrudis Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Mulholland Drive
2002 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

2013 Winner Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame
1998 Nominee Chainsaw Award
- Best Screenplay
- Lost Highway
Shared with: Barry Gifford

Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards

2000 Winner Golden Reel
- Best Foreign Film
- The Straight Story

Telluride Film Festival

1999 Winner Silver Medallion Award

New York Film Critics, Online

2001 Winner NYFCO Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
2001 Winner NYFCO Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- Mulholland Drive

Critics Choice Television Awards

2013 Nominee Critics' Choice TV Award
- Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
- Louie

Jupiter Award

1985 Nominee Jupiter Award
- Best International Film
- Dune

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

2007 Winner Tribute Award

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

2018 Nominee Dorian Award
- Wilde Artist of the Year

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

1998 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
- Lost Highway

Online Film & Television Association

2014 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
- Creative
2002 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive

Village Voice Film Poll

2017 Nominee VVFP Award
- Best Director
- Twin Peaks
8th place.
2001 Winner VVFP Award
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
2001 Winner VVFP Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Mulholland Drive

Awards Circuit Community Awards

2001 Nominee ACCA
- Best Director
- Mulholland Drive
2001 Nominee ACCA
- Best Original Screenplay
- Mulholland Drive

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

2023 Nominee INOCA
- Best Ensemble Cast
- The Fabelmans
Shared with: Robin Bartlett · Jeannie Berlin · Julia Butters · Paul Dano · Chloe East · Oakes Fegley · Judd Hirsch · Keeley Karsten · Isabelle Kusman · Gabriel LaBelle · Sam Rechner · Seth Rogen · Michelle Williams
2018 Nominee INOCA TV
- Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Twin Peaks
2013 Nominee INOCA TV
- Best Guest Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series
- Louie

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

2006 Nominee Stinker Award
- Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)
- Inland Empire
1997 Nominee Stinker Award
- Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)
- Lost Highway