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  • BIRTH 20/01/1946
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 31
  • SHOWRUNNER 1
  • DIRECTOR 42
  • SCRIPT 27
  • PRODUCTION 21

David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, actor, and writer. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. Indeed, the surreal and in many cases violent elements to his films have earned them the reputation that they "disturb, offend or mystify" their audiences.

Moving around various parts of the United States as a child within his middle class family, Lynch went on to study painting in Philadelphia, where he first made the transition to producing short films. Deciding to devote himself more fully to this medium, he moved to Los Angeles, where he produced his first motion picture, the surrealist horror Eraserhead (1977). After Eraserhead became a cult classic on the midnight movie circuit, Lynch was employed to direct The Elephant Man (1980), from which he gained mainstream success. Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films. First, the science-fiction epic Dune (1984), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet (1986), which was highly critically acclaimed.

Proceeding to create his own television series with Mark Frost, the highly popular murder mystery Twin Peaks (1990–1992), he also created a cinematic prequel, Fire Walk With Me (1992), a road movie, Wild at Heart (1990), and a family film, The Straight Story (1999) in the same period. Turning further towards surrealist filmmaking, three of his following films worked on "dream logic" non-linear narrative structures, Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006).

Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for his films The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and also received a screenplay Academy Award nomination for The Elephant Man. Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival. The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, the country's top civilian honor, as a Chevalier in 2002 and then an Officier in 2007, while that same year, The Guardian described Lynch as "the most important director of this era". Allmovie called him "the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking", whilst the success of his films have led to him being labelled "the first popular Surrealist".

David Lynch

Shows (5)

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole / Gordon Cole
Family Guy
Family Guy
David Lynch (voice) / Gus (voice)
Louie (2010)
Louie (2010)
Jack Dall
DumbLand
DumbLand
Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)
The Nineties
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)

Movies (31)

The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans
John Ford
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Chief Gordon Cole
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Gordon Cole
Rammstein in Amerika
Rammstein in Amerika
Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the…
Himself
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
My Beautiful Broken Brain
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Self
Moby Doc
Moby Doc
Self
The Amputee
The Amputee
Nurse
Lucky
Lucky
Howard
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
David Lynch: The Art Life
David Lynch: The Art Life
Self
When Lynch Met Lucas
When Lynch Met Lucas
David Wants to Fly
David Wants to Fly
Nadja
Nadja
Morgue Receptionist
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
Self
A Fall from Grace
A Fall from Grace
William Tabb
The Black Ghiandola
The Black Ghiandola
Man In Black
Nadja
Nadja
Morgue Receptionist
WHAT DID JACK DO?
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Detective
2012: Time for Change
2012: Time for Change
Self
Lynch (one)
Lynch (one)
Self
Night Flight: Born Again
Night Flight: Born Again
Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
Side by Side
Side by Side
Self
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Himself
Lynch/Oz
Lynch/Oz
Self (archive footage)
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Early Experiments
Early Experiments
The Reality of Truth
The Reality of Truth
Self
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Self

Showrunner

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks

Director (42)

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
(24 episodes)
Dune
Dune
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Mulholland Dr.
Mulholland Dr.
Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart
Inland Empire
Inland Empire
Fictitious Anacin Commercial
Fictitious Anacin Commercial
The Amputee
The Amputee
The Alphabet
The Alphabet
Six Men Getting Sick
Six Men Getting Sick
Absurd Encounter with Fear
Absurd Encounter with Fear
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
The Grandmother
The Grandmother
WHAT DID JACK DO?
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Head with Hammer
Head with Hammer
Rabbits
Rabbits
Dangerous: The Short Films
Dangerous: The Short Films
Duran Duran: Unstaged
Duran Duran: Unstaged
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Coyote
Coyote
Dead Mouse with Ants
Dead Mouse with Ants
Blue Green
Blue Green
Bug Crawls
Bug Crawls
Fire
Fire
Darkened Room
Darkened Room
Lumière et Compagnie
Lumière et Compagnie
Ballerina
Ballerina
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Early Experiments
Early Experiments
Les Français vus par
Les Français vus par
On the Air
On the Air
(1 episode)
Hotel Room
Hotel Room
(2 episodes)
DumbLand
DumbLand
(1 episode)

Script (27)

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
(22 episodes)
Dune
Dune
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
Eraserhead
Eraserhead
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Mulholland Dr.
Mulholland Dr.
Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart
Inland Empire
Inland Empire
The Grandmother
The Grandmother
The Alphabet
The Alphabet
The Amputee
The Amputee
Rabbits
Rabbits
WHAT DID JACK DO?
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Early Experiments
Early Experiments
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Darkened Room
Darkened Room
Fire
Fire
Coyote
Coyote
Head with Hammer
Head with Hammer
Dead Mouse with Ants
Dead Mouse with Ants
Ballerina
Ballerina
On the Air
On the Air
(1 episode)

Production (21)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Eraserhead
Eraserhead
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Mulholland Dr.
Mulholland Dr.
Inland Empire
Inland Empire
Surveillance
Surveillance
My Beautiful Broken Brain
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Crumb
Crumb
Six Men Getting Sick
Six Men Getting Sick
The Grandmother
The Grandmother
The Amputee
The Amputee
Coyote
Coyote
Nadja
Nadja
Ballerina
Ballerina
Dead Mouse with Ants
Dead Mouse with Ants
The Other Me
The Other Me
Darkened Room
Darkened Room
Head with Hammer
Head with Hammer
Early Experiments
Early Experiments
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Nadja
Nadja