10.0
10.0
The Making Of A Mockumentary
2025
as Himself (archive footage)
David Lynch
Also known as: David Keith Lynch, Judas Booth
Directing
Born:January 20, 1946
Died:January 16, 2025(aged 78)
Birthplace:Missoula, Montana, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:5'11" (180 cm)
Education:George Washington University, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, AFI Conservatory, Francis C. Hammond Middle School, Corcoran College of Art and Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Cooper Union
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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.
Notable Works
Blue VelvetThe Elephant ManEraserheadMulholland DriveTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeLost Highway
Filmography (180 movies)
9.0
9.0
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
1989
as Self
8.4
8.4
Twin Peaks
1989
Director
8.3
8.3
Rocksteppy
2017
as Himself
8.2
8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
8.2
8.2
Dangerous: The Short Films
1993
Director
8.0
8.0
Bad Binoculars
2017
as Self
8.0
8.0
Return to Mulholland Drive
2003
as Self
8.0
8.0
Rammstein in Amerika
2015
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Elephant Man
1980
Director
7.8
7.8
Mulholland Drive
2001
Director
7.8
7.8
No Frank in Lumberton
1988
as Self
7.7
7.7
Red Fish
2009
as O Sábio
7.7
7.7
The Original Image - David Lynch
2019
7.7
7.7
I Don't Know Jack
2002
as Self
7.7
7.7
The Straight Story
1999
Director
7.6
7.6
Blue Velvet
1986
Writer
7.6
7.6
Why Are We Creative?
2018
as Self
7.5
7.5
Lost Highway
1997
Director
7.5
7.5
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004
as Self
7.5
7.5
Does That Hurt You?
2003
Writer
7.5
7.5
Hollyshorts Greeting
2008
Director
7.4
7.4
Duran Duran: Unstaged
2014
Director
7.4
7.4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
Director
7.3
7.3
Eraserhead
1977
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Lucky
2017
as Howard
7.3
7.3
Eraserhead Stories
2001
Director
7.3
7.3
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008
as Self
7.3
7.3
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
Writer
7.2
7.2
Side by Side
2012
as Self
7.2
7.2
Between Two Worlds
2014
as Self
7.1
7.1
My Beautiful Broken Brain
2014
Executive Producer
7.1
7.1
Mysteries of Love
2002
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
2017
as Self
7.0
7.0
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997
as Self
7.0
7.0
David Wants to Fly
2010
7.0
7.0
On Meditation
2016
as Self
7.0
7.0
Along for the Ride
2016
as Self
7.0
7.0
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
2017
as Self
7.0
7.0
Wild at Heart
1990
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Fire (Pożar)
2015
Director
7.0
7.0
David Lynch : Crazy Clown Time
2012
Director
7.0
7.0
Inland Empire
2006
Producer
7.0
7.0
David Lynch: The Art Life
2017
as Self
6.9
6.9
Lynch/Oz
2023
as self (archival footage)
6.9
6.9
A Slice of Lynch
2007
as Self
6.9
6.9
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
6.9
6.9
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
as Self
6.9
6.9
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
1994
as Himself
6.9
6.9
The Black Ghiandola
2017
as Man In Black
6.9
6.9
The French as Seen by…
1988
Director
6.9
6.9
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
Writer
6.8
6.8
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self
6.8
6.8
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
2004
as Self
6.8
6.8
Rabbits
2002
Director
6.8
6.8
The Wall
1993
Director
6.6
6.6
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
2017
as Self
6.6
6.6
The Grandmother
1970
Writer
6.6
6.6
Beatles '64
2024
as Self
6.5
6.5
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
as Self
6.5
6.5
Waiting for Mr. Lynch
2018
Producer
6.5
6.5
The Alphabet
1969
Writer
6.5
6.5
Blue Green
2007
Director
6.5
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
6.4
6.4
Early Experiments
2008
Producer
6.4
6.4
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
6.3
6.3
WHAT DID JACK DO?
2017
Director
6.3
6.3
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
2008
Writer
6.3
6.3
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
6.2
6.2
Lumière & Company
1995
Director
6.2
6.2
Out Yonder — Teeth
2003
Director
6.2
6.2
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
2002
Director
6.2
6.2
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
2002
Director
6.2
6.2
Behind the Red Curtain
2017
as Self
6.2
6.2
More Things That Happened
2007
Director
6.2
6.2
Dune
1984
Director
6.2
6.2
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
1995
Director
6.1
6.1
Moby Doc
2021
as Self
6.1
6.1
Ballerina
2007
Producer
6.1
6.1
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
as Self
6.0
6.0
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
as Self
6.0
6.0
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
6.0
6.0
Brand: A Second Coming
2015
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Polish Accountant
2017
as Self
6.0
6.0
A Pot of Boiling Oil
2017
as Self
6.0
6.0
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
2014
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988
Writer
6.0
6.0
Bug Crawls
2004
Director
6.0
6.0
Surveillance
2008
Executive Producer
5.9
5.9
Great Directors
2009
as Self
5.9
5.9
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
1990
Director
5.8
5.8
Out Yonder — Chicken
2007
Director
5.8
5.8
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
as Self
5.8
5.8
Meditation, Creativity, Peace
2012
Writer
5.7
5.7
La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self
5.7
5.7
The Sound of Lynch
2007
5.7
5.7
Lynch (one)
2007
as Self
5.7
5.7
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
1967
Director
5.7
5.7
Idem Paris
2013
Director
5.6
5.6
Memory Film
2012
Director
5.6
5.6
Industrial Soundscape
2002
Director
5.5
5.5
Six Men Getting Sick
1967
Producer
5.5
5.5
Nadja
1995
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Boat
2003
Director
5.5
5.5
The Number of Completion
2017
as Self
5.4
5.4
When Lynch Met Lucas
2010
5.4
5.4
Darkened Room
2002
Producer
5.4
5.4
Coyote #1
2002
Producer
5.4
5.4
Absurd Encounter with Fear
1967
Director
5.4
5.4
Steps
2002
Director
5.4
5.4
The Other Me
2022
Executive Producer
5.3
5.3
Zelly & Me
1988
as Willie
5.2
5.2
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self
5.2
5.2
It's a Beautiful World
2014
as Self
5.2
5.2
Ant Head
2018
Producer
5.1
5.1
The Amputee
1974
Writer
5.0
5.0
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
5.0
5.0
Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
5.0
5.0
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
2017
as Self
5.0
5.0
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
as Self
5.0
5.0
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
as Self
5.0
5.0
Sunset #1
2001
Director
5.0
5.0
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
4.9
4.9
Factory Mask
2001
Director
4.9
4.9
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991
Executive Producer
4.8
4.8
Lamp
2003
Producer
4.7
4.7
One Morning All Over the World
2000
Director
4.5
4.5
Shadows of Paradise
2016
4.5
4.5
The Pig Walks
2002
Writer
4.5
4.5
Head with Hammer
2001
Writer
4.4
4.4
Dead Mouse with Ants
2002
Director
4.4
4.4
Intervalometer Experiments
2004
Director
4.4
4.4
Pierre and Sonny Jim
2002
Director
4.3
4.3
The Reality of Truth
2016
as Self
4.3
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
Director
4.0
4.0
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
4.0
4.0
PlayStation 2: The Third Place
2000
Director
4.0
4.0
The Amputee
1974
Writer
3.4
3.4
BlueBob Egg
2002
Director
2.0
2.0
Made in the USA
1993
as Self
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
2021
as Self
The 8th Floor
2014
as Self
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
2025
Executive Producer
Curtains Up
2018
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
David Lynch: 1985
2005
as Self
The Way of Samodelkin
2009
as Stranger in a dream
The Soul Detective
TBA
as Himself
A Fall from Grace
TBA
Executive Producer
This Is Sparklehorse
2022
as Self
David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
2019
as Himself
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Night Flight: Born Again
2016
as Self
David Lynch: The Virtual Life
2020
as himself
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
1987
as Himself
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
2017
as Self
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2025
as Self
Two Blue Balls
2017
as Self
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
1998
as Self
Professor Goudet's Lessons
2013
as Self
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
2007
as Himself
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
2011
as Himself
Brunes et Blondes
2010
as Self
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
TBA
as David Lynch
On the Air
1992
Writer
Hyena
TBA
Executive Producer
Parisienne People by David Lynch
1998
Director
The Legend of the Happy Worker
2025
Executive Producer
Snootworld
TBA
Writer
Land of Nothing
2015
Executive Producer
The Peaceline Project
2009
Executive Producer
20 Little Films
2012
Director
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
2019
Executive Producer
Interview Project
TBA
Director
I Touch A Red Button Man
2011
Director
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