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David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 20, 1946 In Missoula, Montana, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
97
First Appeared:
In the movie I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
Latest Project:
Movie The Fabelmans 2022-11-11
Known For
Poster of My Beautiful Broken Brain
Poster of Family Guy
Poster of Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Filmography
Movie I Know Catherine, The Log Lady Self 2025
Movie The Fabelmans John Ford 2022-11-11
Movie Moby Doc Self 2021-05-28
Movie Meeting the Beatles in India Self 2020-09-09
Movie Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Self 2019-10-25
Movie Plankton Salesmen Self (archive footage) 2017-10-29
Movie Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon Self 2017-12-05
Movie Lucky Howard 2017-09-29
Movie See You on the Other Side Dear Friend Self 2017-12-05
Movie Rocksteppy Himself 2017-01-01
Movie Behind the Red Curtain Self 2017-12-05
Movie Girlfriend's Day Narrator (voice) 2017-01-24
Movie David Lynch: The Art Life Self 2017-02-15
Movie The Black Ghiandola Man In Black 2017-04-22
Movie I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun Self 2017-12-05
Movie A Pot of Boiling Oil Self 2017-12-05
Movie The Polish Accountant Self 2017-12-05
Movie The Number of Completion Self 2017-12-05
Movie Two Blue Balls Self 2017-12-05
Movie Tell It Martin Self 2017-12-05
Movie A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks Self 2017-12-05
Movie Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers Self 2017-12-05
Movie A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth Self 2017-12-05
Movie Bad Binoculars Self 2017-12-05
Movie The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair Self 2017-12-05
Movie This Is Sparklehorse Self 2016-04-02
Movie The Music of David Lynch Self 2016-04-10
Movie Along for the Ride Self 2016-11-03
Movie Shadows of Paradise 2016-10-11
Movie Blue Velvet Revisited Self 2016-10-07
Movie On Meditation Self 2016-07-27
Movie Brand: A Second Coming Self 2015-03-13
Movie Rammstein in Amerika Self 2015-09-25
Movie Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love Self 2014-01-20
Movie It's a Beautiful World Self 2014-04-21
Movie Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces Gordon Cole 2014-07-16
Movie The 8th Floor Self 2014-05-10
Movie My Beautiful Broken Brain Self 2014-11-21
Movie Professor Goudet's Lessons Self 2013-04-06
Movie What Is Cinema? Self 2013-09-06
Movie Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Self 2013-05-20
Movie Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction Self 2013-09-11
Movie Side by Side Self 2012-08-19
Movie David Wants to Fly 2010-05-06
Series Louie Jack Dall 2010-06-29
Movie Brunes et Blondes Self 2010-10-06
Movie 2012: Time for Change Self 2010-10-08
Movie Great Directors Self 2009-05-19
Movie La Traversée du désir Self 2009-03-16
Movie The Way of Samodelkin Stranger in a dream 2009-06-05
Series The Cleveland Show Unknown 2009-09-27
Movie Peixe Vermelho O Sábio 2009-06-16
Movie Crítico Self (voice) 2008-01-22
Movie Elvis | Viva Las Vegas Self 2008-09-16
Movie Out Yonder — Chicken 2007-01-01
Movie Out Yonder — Teeth 2007-01-01
Movie Le son de Lynch 2007-01-01
Movie Lynch 2 Self 2007-08-14
Movie A Slice of Lynch Self 2007-10-30
Movie Lynch (one) Self 2007-10-26
Movie Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy 2007-09-10
Movie Boat 2007-01-30
Movie Edge of Outside Self (archive footage) 2006-06-11
Movie Inland Empire Bucky J 2006-12-06
Movie Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Himself 2006-06-20
Series Torchwood Unknown 2006-10-22
Movie The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ Self 2004-04-05
Movie Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments Self 2004-05-01
Movie I Don't Know Jack Self 2002-04-05
Movie The Short Films of David Lynch Self 2002-06-01
Movie Mysteries of Love Self (archive footage) 2002-06-04
Movie Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul Self 2001-04-01
Movie Eraserhead Stories Self 2001-09-06
Movie 6 auf See Barkeeper 1 2000-09-14
Movie In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story Self 1999-10-07
Series Family Guy Unknown 1999-01-31
Movie Lost Highway Morgue Attendant (scenes deleted) 1997-01-15
Movie Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch Self 1997-10-14
Movie The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money Self 1996-11-17
Movie Nadja Morgue Receptionist 1994-09-13
Movie Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff Himself 1994-09-09
Movie Made in the USA Self 1993-09-25
Movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Chief Gordon Cole 1992-06-03
Series Twin Peaks FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole 1990-04-08
Movie Hollywood Mavericks Self 1990-09-07
Movie Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Self - Audience Member 1988-01-03
Movie Barracuda Constable Fletcher 1988-04-04
Movie Zelly & Me Willie 1988-04-15
Series Anzacs Max Earnshaw 1985-10-27
Movie Dune Spice Miner (uncredited) 1984-12-14
Movie Destination Dune Self 1984-01-01
Movie Heart Beat Painter 1980-04-25
Movie The Elephant Man Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited) 1980-10-09
Movie The Amputee Nurse 1974-01-01
Movie Sailing with Bushnell Keeler 1967-01-01
Movie Rock Around the Clock Himself 1956-03-21
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19