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David Lynch

Directing·Jan 20, 1946·Missoula, Montana, USA

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David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Lynch received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities. In his 58-year career, he was awarded numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. In 2007, a panel of critics convened by The Guardian announced that "after all the discussion, no one could fault the conclusion that David Lynch is the most important filmmaker of the current era." Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s. His first feature-length film was the independent surrealist film Eraserhead (1977), which saw success as a midnight movie. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the biographical drama The Elephant Man (1980) and the mystery films Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001). His romantic crime drama Wild at Heart (1990) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the space opera adaptation Dune (1984), the surrealist neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), the biographical drama The Straight Story (1999), and the experimental film Inland Empire (2006). Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC series Twin Peaks (1990–91), for which Lynch was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Lynch co-wrote and directed its film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), and its limited series revival (2017). He has also worked as an actor, including his portrayals of FBI agent Gordon Cole in Twin Peaks and director John Ford in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022), as well as guest roles in TV series such as The Cleveland Show (2010–13), Louie (2012), and Robot Chicken (2020, 2022). Lynch's other artistic endeavours included his work as a musician, encompassing the studio albums BlueBOB (2001), Crazy Clown Time (2011), and The Big Dream (2013), as well as painting and photography. He has written the books Images (1994), Catching the Big Fish (2006), and Room to Dream (2018). He has directed several music videos for artists such as Chris Isaak, X Japan, Moby, Interpol, Nine Inch Nails, and Donovan, and commercials for Calvin Klein, Dior, L'Oreal, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and the New York City Department of Sanitation. A practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM), he founded the David Lynch Foundation, which seeks to fund the teaching of TM in schools and has since widened its scope to other at-risk populations, including the homeless, veterans, and refugees.

Film	Credit
Waiting for Mr. Lynch2018 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Ant Head2018 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
WHAT DID JACK DO?2017 · Detective, Director, Writer	Detective, Director, Writer
Fire (Pożar)2015 · Director	Director
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces2014 · Gordon Cole, Director, Writer	Gordon Cole, Director, Writer
Duran Duran: Unstaged2014 · Director	Director
Idem Paris2013 · Director	Director
Memory Film2012 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
20 Little Films2012 · Director	Director
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage2011 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Interpol: I Touch a Red Button2011 · Director	Director
42 One Dream Rush2010 · Director	Director
Early Experiments2008 · Actor, Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Actor, Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 20082008 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Hollyshorts Greeting2008 · Director	Director
Ballerina2007 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director	Director
Out Yonder — Chicken2007 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
More Things That Happened2007 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com2007 · Director	Director
Inland Empire2006 · Bucky J, the gaffer (voice), Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer	Bucky J, the gaffer (voice), Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
Bug Crawls2004 · Director	Director
Intervalometer Experiments2004 · Director	Director
Boat2003 · The Man, Director, Writer	The Man, Director, Writer
Lamp2003 · Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Out Yonder — Teeth2003 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed2002 · Actor, Writer, Producer, Director	Actor, Writer, Producer, Director
Industrial Soundscape2002 · Director	Director
Rabbits2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Pig Walks2002 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Short Films of David Lynch2002 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Darkened Room2002 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
BlueBob Egg2002 · Billy Groper, Director, Writer, Producer	Billy Groper, Director, Writer, Producer
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy2002 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Pierre and Sonny Jim2002 · Director	Director
Dead Mouse with Ants2002 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Coyote #12002 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Steps2002 · Director	Director
Factory Mask2001 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Head with Hammer2001 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Sunset #12001 · Director	Director
Eraserhead Stories2001 · Director	Director
Mulholland Drive2001 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Straight Story1999 · Director	Director
Lost Highway1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed1995 · Director	Director
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films1993 · Director	Director
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992 · Gordon Cole, Director, Writer	Gordon Cole, Director, Writer
The King of Ads1991 · Director	Director
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted1990 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Wild at Heart1990 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Twin Peaks1989 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Cowboy and the Frenchman1988 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The French as Seen by…1988 · Director	Director
Blue Velvet1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dune1984 · Spice Miner (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	Spice Miner (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
The Elephant Man1980 · Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Eraserhead1977 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Amputee1974 · The Nurse, Director, Producer, Writer	The Nurse, Director, Producer, Writer
The Grandmother1970 · Director, Screenplay, Writer, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Writer, Producer
The Alphabet1969 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Absurd Encounter with Fear1967 · Director	Director
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler1967 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Six Men Getting Sick1967 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
IInterview ProjectDirector	Director