David Lynch
male
Born on January 20, 1946 (79 years old)
Passed Away on January 16, 2025
From Missoula, Montana, USA
Known for Directing
Biography
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.
Cast Credits
- 2025
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
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Self
2017
Lucky
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Howard
2017
David Lynch: The Art Life
as
Self
2017
The Black Ghiandola
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Man In Black
2017
Rocksteppy
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Himself
2017
WHAT DID JACK DO?
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Detective
2017
Girlfriend's Day
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Narrator (voice)
2017
The Polish Accountant
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Self
2017
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
as
Self
2017
The Number of Completion
as
Self
2017
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
as
Self
2017
Tell It Martin
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Self
2017
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
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Self
2017
A Pot of Boiling Oil
as
Self
2017
Two Blue Balls
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Self
2017
Behind the Red Curtain
as
Self
2017
Bad Binoculars
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Self
2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as
Self
2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as
Self
2017
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
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Self
2017
Plankton Salesmen
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Self (archive footage)
2017
The Nineties
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Self (archive footage)
2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
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- 2012
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- 1983
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- 2024
- 2023
- 2000
- 1967
- 1953
Crew Credits
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2016
- 2012
- 2008
Surveillance
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Executive Producer
2008
Early Experiments
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Director of Photography
2008
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
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Writer
2008
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
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Producer
2008
Early Experiments
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Director
2008
Hollyshorts Greeting
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Director
2008
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
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Director
2008
Early Experiments
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Writer
2008
Early Experiments
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Editor
2008
Early Experiments
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Producer
2008
- 2007
More Things That Happened
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Director
2007
More Things That Happened
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Writer
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
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Director
2007
Ballerina
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Director
2007
More Things That Happened
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Director of Photography
2007
Ballerina
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Writer
2007
Ballerina
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Producer
2007
Ballerina
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Cinematography
2007
Out Yonder — Chicken
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Director
2007
More Things That Happened
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Editor
2007
Blue Green
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Director
2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
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Producer
2002
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
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Writer
2002
Rabbits
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Screenplay
2002
Rabbits
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Director
2002
BlueBob Egg
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Writer
2002
BlueBob Egg
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Director
2002
Darkened Room
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Writer
2002
Darkened Room
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Director
2002
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
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Director
2002
Pierre and Sonny Jim
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Director
2002
Industrial Soundscape
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Director
2002
Darkened Room
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Cinematography
2002
Coyote #1
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Producer
2002
Darkened Room
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Producer
2002
Dead Mouse with Ants
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Cinematography
2002
Dead Mouse with Ants
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Writer
2002
Coyote #1
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Cinematography
2002
Dead Mouse with Ants
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Producer
2002
The Pig Walks
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Writer
2002
The Pig Walks
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Cinematography
2002
BlueBob Egg
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Producer
2002
The Pig Walks
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Producer
2002
The Pig Walks
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Editor
2002
BlueBob Egg
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Cinematography
2002
Dead Mouse with Ants
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Director
2002
The Pig Walks
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Director
2002
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
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Director
2002
Steps
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Director
2002
I Don't Know Jack
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Presenter
2002
Coyote #1
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Editor
2002
Coyote #1
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Director
2002
Coyote #1
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Writer
2002
Darkened Room
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Editor
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
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Director
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
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Writer
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
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Producer
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
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Sound Director
2002
Rabbits
as
Director
2002
Rabbits
as
Writer
2002
Rabbits
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Creator
2002
- 2001
Mulholland Drive
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Director
2001
Mulholland Drive
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Writer
2001
Eraserhead Stories
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Director
2001
Sunset #1
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Director
2001
Mulholland Drive
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Sound Designer
2001
Head with Hammer
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Writer
2001
Head with Hammer
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Editor
2001
Head with Hammer
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Producer
2001
Factory Mask
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Writer
2001
Factory Mask
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Producer
2001
Factory Mask
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Cinematography
2001
Head with Hammer
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Director
2001
Mulholland Drive
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2001
Factory Mask
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Director
2001
DumbLand
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Writer
2001
DumbLand
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Producer
2001
DumbLand
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Editor
2001
DumbLand
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Director of Photography
2001
DumbLand
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Animation
2001
DumbLand
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Director
2001
DumbLand
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Creator
2001
- 1999
- 1997
- 1995
- 1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Director
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Writer
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Original Series Creator
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Sound Designer
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Executive Producer
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Characters
1992
Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack
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Music Producer
1992
Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack
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Creator
1992
Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack
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Lyricist
1992
On the Air
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Director
1992
On the Air
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Writer
1992
On the Air
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Executive Producer
1992
On the Air
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Writer
1992
On the Air
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Director
1992
On the Air
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Executive Producer
1992
On the Air
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Creator
1992
- 1988
- 1980
- 1970
- 1969
- 2025
- 2022
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
Duran Duran: Unstaged
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Director
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
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Director
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
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Editor
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
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Writer
2014
My Beautiful Broken Brain
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Executive Producer
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
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Characters
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
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Sound Mixer
2014
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 1993
- 1991
- 1990
Wild at Heart
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Director
1990
Wild at Heart
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Screenplay
1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
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Director
1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
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Producer
1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
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Music
1990
Twin Peaks
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Writer
1990
Twin Peaks
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Director
1990
Twin Peaks
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Executive Producer
1990
Twin Peaks
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Story
1990
Twin Peaks
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Additional Editor
1990
Twin Peaks
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Sound Designer
1990
Twin Peaks
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Creator
1990
- 1989
- 1977
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- 2013
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- 1998
- 1986
- 1967
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