David Lynch
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 20, 1946 (79 years old)
Place of Birth: Missoula, Montana, USA
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".
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Actor Self
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Actor Self (archive footage)
Plankton Salesmen
Actor Howard
Lucky
Actor Self
David Lynch: The Art Life
Actor Man In Black
The Black Ghiandola
Actor Himself
Rocksteppy
Actor Detective
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Actor Narrator (voice)
Girlfriend's Day
Actor Self
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Actor Self
Tell It Martin
Actor Self
The Polish Accountant
Actor Self
The Number of Completion
Actor Self
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Actor Self
Bad Binoculars
Actor Self
Two Blue Balls
Actor Self
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Actor Self
Behind the Red Curtain
Actor Self
A Pot of Boiling Oil
Actor Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Actor Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Actor Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Actor Himself
Tell It Martin
Actor Himself
Two Blue Balls
Actor Himself
The Number of Completion
Actor Himself
Bad Binoculars
Actor Himself
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Actor Himself
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Actor Himself
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Actor Himself
The Polish Accountant
Actor Himself
A Pot of Boiling Oil
Music
Night Ride
Director
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Writer
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Editor
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Sound Designer
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Sound Mixer
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Music
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Set Designer
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Set Decoration
WHAT DID JACK DO?
2016
2015
2014
Actor Gordon Cole
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Actor Self
It's a Beautiful World
Actor Self
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Actor Self
The 8th Floor
Actor Self
Between Two Worlds
Actor Self
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Director
Duran Duran: Unstaged
Director
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Editor
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Writer
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Executive Producer
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Characters
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Actor
Early Experiments
Actor Himself
Hollyshorts Greeting
Actor Self
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Actor Self
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
Actor Self (voice)
Crítico
Executive Producer
Surveillance
Director of Photography
Early Experiments
Writer
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Producer
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Director
Early Experiments
Director
Hollyshorts Greeting
Director
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Producer
Early Experiments
Writer
Early Experiments
Editor
Early Experiments
2007
Actor Himself
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
Actor
Boat
Actor
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Actor himself
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
Actor
Le son de Lynch
Actor Self
A Slice of Lynch
Actor Self
Lynch (one)
Actor Self
Lynch 2
Actor
Out Yonder — Chicken
Actor
Out Yonder — Teeth
Director
More Things That Happened
Writer
More Things That Happened
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Boat
Writer
Boat
Director
Blue Green
Director
Bug Crawls
Director
Ballerina
Director
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Director of Photography
More Things That Happened
Director
Industrial Soundscape
Writer
Ballerina
Producer
Ballerina
Cinematography
Ballerina
Director
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
Executive Producer
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
Director
Out Yonder — Chicken
Director
Out Yonder — Teeth
Director
Steps
Editor
More Things That Happened
2006
Actor Bucky J
Inland Empire
Actor Self (archive footage)
Edge of Outside
Actor Himself
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Director
Inland Empire
Producer
Inland Empire
Director of Photography
Inland Empire
Editor
Inland Empire
Screenplay
Inland Empire
Sound Designer
Inland Empire
Camera Operator
Inland Empire
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Inland Empire
2005
2004
2003
2002
Actor Self
I Don't Know Jack
Actor Self (archive footage)
Mysteries of Love
Actor Self
The Short Films of David Lynch
Actor
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Writer
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Producer
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Director
Rabbits
Screenplay
Rabbits
Director
The Short Films of David Lynch
Writer
The Short Films of David Lynch
Screenplay
The Short Films of David Lynch
Director
Darkened Room
Writer
Darkened Room
Producer
Darkened Room
Cinematography
Darkened Room
Producer
Coyote
Cinematography
Coyote
Writer
Factory Mask
Producer
Factory Mask
Cinematography
Factory Mask
Producer
Dead Mouse with Ants
Writer
Dead Mouse with Ants
Cinematography
Dead Mouse with Ants
Writer
The Pig Walks
Editor
The Pig Walks
Producer
The Pig Walks
Cinematography
The Pig Walks
Director
Dead Mouse with Ants
Director
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Director
The Pig Walks
Presenter
I Don't Know Jack
Director
Coyote
Writer
Coyote
Editor
Coyote
Director
Factory Mask
2001
Actor Self
Eraserhead Stories
Actor Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Director
Mulholland Drive
Writer
Mulholland Drive
Director
Eraserhead Stories
Director
Pierre and Sonny Jim
Sound Designer
Mulholland Drive
Editor
Head with Hammer
Producer
Head with Hammer
Writer
Head with Hammer
Director
Head with Hammer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mulholland Drive
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
Actor Chief Gordon Cole
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Director
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Writer
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Original Series Creator
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Executive Producer
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound Designer
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Characters
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1991
1990
Actor Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Actor Self
Hollywood Mavericks
Director
Wild at Heart
Screenplay
Wild at Heart
Director
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Producer
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Music
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
