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section_name: Awards and nominations
paragraph_text: Awards and nominations
  
  Lynch received multiple awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Director and one for Best Adapted Screenplay. He twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival. In 2017, The MacDowell Colony awarded Lynch The Edward MacDowell Medal for outstanding contributions to American culture.
  
  Lynch received multiple awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Director and one for Best Adapted Screenplay. He twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival. In 2017, The MacDowell Colony awarded Lynch The Edward MacDowell Medal for outstanding contributions to American culture.