Biography
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".
Filmography
all 208
Movies 189
self 102
Director 57
TV Shows 19
Producer 13
Creator 2
Writer 2
Voice 1
Tríptico (2023)
Lynch/Oz (2023)
The Other Me (2023)
This Is Sparklehorse (2022)
The Fabelmans (2022)
Moby Doc (2021)
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House (2021)
This Is Pop (2021)
Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)
I Have a Radio (2020)
The Adventures of Alan R. (2020)
Faraway Eyes (2020)
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee (2019)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
Shangri-La (2019)
L'Image Originelle - David Lynch (2019)
Fire (2018)
Ant Head (2018)
Curtains Up (2018)
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun (2017)
Behind the Red Curtain (2017)
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017)
Bad Binoculars (2017)
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth (2017)
A Pot of Boiling Oil (2017)
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks (2017)
The Polish Accountant (2017)
Tell It Martin (2017)
Two Blue Balls (2017)
The Number of Completion (2017)
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend (2017)
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers (2017)
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon (2017)
WHAT DID JACK DO? (2017)
Plankton Salesmen (2017)
Lucky (2017)
The Nineties (2017)
The Black Ghiandola (2017)
David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)
Girlfriend's Day (2017)
Rocksteppy (2017)
Along for the Ride (2016)
Kitsune (2016)
Shadows of Paradise (2016)
'Blue Velvet' Revisited (2016)
Psychogenic Fugue (2016)
Rooted in Peace (2016)
On Meditation (2016)
The Reality of Truth (2016)
Night Flight: Born Again (2016)
Rammstein in Amerika (2015)
The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015)
Brand: A Second Coming (2015)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014)
Between Two Worlds (2014)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
The 8th Floor (2014)
It's a Beautiful World (2014)
Duran Duran: Unstaged (2014)
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love (2014)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Professor Goudet's Lessons (2013)
Idem Paris (2013)
Memory Film (2012)
Meditation Creativity Peace (2012)
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012)
Side by Side (2012)
20 Little Films (2012)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
THE 3RS (2011)
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten (2011)
2012: Time for Change (2010)
Brunes et Blondes (2010)
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Louie (2010)
David Wants to Fly (2010)
When Lynch Met Lucas (2010)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
The Cleveland Show (2009)
Peixe Vermelho (2009)
The Way of Samodelkin (2009)
Interview Project (2009)
Great Directors (2009)
La Traversée du désir (2009)
Hollyshorts Greeting (2008)
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008 (2008)
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (2008)
Once Upon a Time... 'My Uncle' (2008)
Surveillance (2008)
Crítico (2008)
School of Thought (2008)
Ballerina (2007)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
A Slice of Lynch (2007)
Lynch (one) (2007)
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy (2007)
Blue Green (2007)
David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007)
More Things That Happened (2007)
Lynch 2 (2007)
Boat (2007)
Industrial Soundscape (2007)
Bug Crawls (2007)
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A. (2007)
Le son de Lynch (2007)
Out Yonder — Teeth (2007)
Steps (2007)
Out Yonder — Chicken (2007)
Inland Empire (2006)
Legends (2006)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)
Edge of Outside (2006)
Robot Chicken (2005)
What Is It? (2005)
David Lynch: 1985 (2005)
Room to Dream: David Lynch and the Independent Filmmaker (2005)
BlueBob Egg (2004)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ (2004)
Leçon de Cinéma (2004)
Intervalometer Experiments (2004)
Interior Dining Room - Intravalometer Experiment (2004)
Does That Hurt You? (2003)
Lamp (2003)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Retour à Mulholland Drive (2003)
Un film et son époque (2003)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
Rabbits (2002)
Mysteries of Love (2002)
The Pig Walks (2002)
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002)
Darkened Room (2002)
I Don't Know Jack (2002)
Dead Mouse with Ants (2002)
Factory Mask (2002)
Coyote (2002)
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed (2002)
Laura Palmer (2002)
DumbLand (2002)
Head with Hammer (2001)
Eraserhead Stories (2001)
Pierre and Sonny Jim (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)
Un matin partout dans le monde (2000)
The Straight Story (1999)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Mulholland Dr. (1999)
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money (1998)
Independent Focus (1998)
Sunset (1998)
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997)
Scene by Scene (1997)
Lost Highway (1997)
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995)
Nadja (1994)
Crumb (1994)
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff (1994)
Made in the USA (1993)
Hotel Room (1993)
On the Air (1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
The King of Ads (1991)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Twin Peaks (1990)
Twin Peaks (1989)
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me (1989)
The French as Seen by… (1988)
Zelly and Me (1988)
No Frank in Lumberton (1988)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
The Gauls (1988)
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver (1987)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dune (1984)
Destination Dune (1984)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Heart Beat (1980)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Amputee (1974)
The Grandmother (1970)
The Alphabet (1969)
Early Experiments (1968)
Absurd Encounter with Fear (1967)
Six Men Getting Sick (1967)
Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967)
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler (1967)
The Oscars (1953)
Dream #7
A Fall from Grace
The Soul Detective
The David Lynch of Photography
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
American Chronicles
The Happy Worker
The Classroom
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1946-01-20 (78 years old)
Birth NameDavid Keith Lynch
Birth PlaceMissoula, United States of America
RelationshipsEmily Stofle (2009-01-01 - 2023-01-01), Mary Sweeney (2006-01-01 - 2006-01-01), Peggy Reavey (1967-01-01 - 1974-01-01)
ChildrenRiley Sweeney Lynch, Lula Boginia Lynch, Austin Jack Lynch, Jennifer Lynch
SiblingsMartha Lynch Levacy, John Lynch
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsДэвид Линч, 大卫·林奇, デヴィッド・リンチ, 데이비드 린치, ديفيد لينش, Девід Лінч, 데이빗 린치
AwardsCésar Award for Best Foreign Film, Goslarer Kaiserring, European Film Award for Best Non-European Film, Sitges Grand Honorary Award, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Saturn Award, Cannes Best Director Award, Academy Honorary Award, Eagle Scout, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour
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