David Lynch

Lynch has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay once. In 2019, Lynch received an Honorary Academy Award.

The Elephant Man
Lynch was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 53rd Academy Awards for 1980, losing to Robert Redford for Ordinary People.

Blue Velvet (3)
Lynch was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 59th Academy Awards for 1986, losing to Oliver Stone for Platoon.
 * Boston Society of Film Critics (1986) - TIE
 * Los Angeles Film Critics Association (1986)
 * National Society of Film Critics (1986)

The Straight Story (1)

 * San Diego Film Critics Society (1999)

Mulholland Drive (6)
Lynch was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 74th Academy Awards for 2001, losing to Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind.
 * Boston Society of Film Critics (2001)
 * Chicago Film Critics Association (2001)
 * Los Angeles Film Critics Association (2001)
 * New York Film Critics Online (2001)
 * Online Film Critics Society (2001)
 * Toronto Film Critics Association (2001)

The Elephant Man
Lynch was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 53rd Academy Awards for 1980, losing to Alvin Sargent for Ordinary People.

Mulholland Drive

 * New York Film Critics Online (2001)