David Lynch
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Self (2026)
Mel Brooks: ¡El hombre de 99 años!
Self - Filmmaker (2026)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
(2025)
The Making Of A Mockumentary
Himself (archive footage) (2025)
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange
Self (archive footage) (2025)
Beatles '64
Self (2024)
Lynch & Oz
Self (archival footage) (2023)
Los Fabelman
John Ford (2022)
This Is Sparklehorse
Self (2022)
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
Self (voice) (archive footage) (2021)
Moby Doc
Self (2021)
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
Self (2021)
Esto es pop
Self (archive footage) (2021)
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
David Lynch (2021)
David Lynch: The Virtual Life
himself (2020)
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self (2020)
La magia del sonido en el cine
Self (2019)
L'Image Originelle - David Lynch
(2019)
David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
Himself (2019)
Curtains Up
(2018)
Why Are We Creative?
Self (2018)
Two Blue Balls
Self (2017)
Bad Binoculars
Self (2017)
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Self (2017)
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Self (2017)
Tell It Martin
Self (2017)
The Polish Accountant
Self (2017)
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Self (2017)
The Number of Completion
Self (2017)
A Pot of Boiling Oil
Self (2017)
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Self (2017)
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Self (2017)
Behind the Red Curtain
Self (2017)
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Self (2017)
Un adorable sueño: Una semana en Twin Peaks
Self (2017)
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Detective (2017)
Продавцы планктона
Self (archive footage) (2017)
Lucky
Howard (2017)
Los 90
Self (archive footage) (2017)
The Black Ghiandola
Man In Black (2017)
David Lynch: The Art Life
Self (2017)
El día de la novia
Narrator (voice) (2017)
Rocksteppy
Himself (2017)
Dennis Hopper, compañero de viaje
Self (2016)
Shadows of Paradise
(2016)
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self (2016)
On Meditation
Self (2016)
The Reality of Truth
Self (2016)
Night Flight: Born Again
Self (2016)
The Music of David Lynch
Self (2016)
Rammstein in Amerika
Self (2015)
Brand: A Second Coming
Self (2015)
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Self (2014)
Between Two Worlds
Self (2014)
Twin Peaks: Las piezas desaparecidas
Gordon Cole (2014)
8e étage
Self (2014)
It's a Beautiful World
Self (2014)
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Self (2014)
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self (2013)
What Is Cinema?
Self (2013)
Mel Brooks: Haz ruido
Self (2013)
Las lecciones del profesor Goudet
Self (2013)
Memory Film
(2012)
Meditation, Creativity, Peace
Self (2012)
El impacto del cine digital
Self (2012)
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
Himself (2011)
2012: Time for Change
Self (2010)
Brunes et Blondes
Self (2010)
Louie
Jack Dall (2010)
David Wants to Fly
Self (2010)
When Lynch Met Lucas
(2010)
El show de Cleveland
Gus (voice) (2009)
Peixe Vermelho
O Sábio (2009)
Путь Самоделкина
Stranger in a dream (2009)
Great Directors
Self (2009)
La Traversée du désir
Self (2009)
O Passageiro Obscuro
Himself (2009)
Hollyshorts Greeting
Himself (2008)
Early Experiments
(2008)
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Self (2008)
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
Self (2008)
Crítico
Self (voice) (2008)
Le son de Lynch
(2007)
A Slice of Lynch
Self (2007)
Lynch (one)
Self (2007)
Out Yonder — Chicken
(2007)
Lynch 2
Self (2007)
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
Himself (2007)
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
himself (2007)
Inland Empire
Bucky J (2006)
Legends
Self (2006)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self (2006)
Robot Chicken
Mad Scientist (voice) (2005)
David Lynch: 1985
Self (2005)
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
(2004)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self (2004)
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
Self (2004)
Leçon de Cinéma
Self (2004)
Boat
The Man (2003)
Does That Hurt You?
Self (2003)
Lamp
Self (2003)
Retour à Mulholland Drive
Self (2003)
Un film et son époque
Self (2003)
Out Yonder — Teeth
(2003)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self (2003)
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
(2002)
The Short Films of David Lynch
Self (2002)
Histoires de festival
Self (archive footage) (2002)
I Don't Know Jack
Self (2002)
BlueBob Egg
Billy Groper (2002)
Mysteries of Love
Self (archive footage) (2002)
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
(2002)
DumbLand
Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice) (2001)
Eraserhead Stories
Self (2001)
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self (2001)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self (1999)
Padre de familia
David Lynch (voice) (1999)
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Self (1998)
Independent Focus
Self (1998)
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Self (1997)
Scene by Scene
Self (1997)
Publicidad. El arte de separar a la gente de su dinero
Self (1996)
Lumière y compañía
Self (1995)
Nadja
Morgue Receptionist (1995)
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Himself (1994)
Made in the USA
Self (1993)
Twin Peaks: Fuego camina conmigo
Gordon Cole (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self (1992)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self (1991)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self (1990)
Hollywood Mavericks
Self (1990)
Twin Peaks
Gordon Cole (1990)
Cinéma, de notre temps
David Lynch (1989)
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Self (1989)
Zelly & Me
Willie (1988)
No Frank in Lumberton
Self (1988)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member (1988)
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
Himself (1987)
Dune
Spice Miner (uncredited) (1984)
Destination Dune
Self (1983)
El hombre elefante
Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited) (1980)
Heart Beat
Painter (uncredited) (1980)
The Amputee
The Nurse (1974)
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
(1967)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
A Fall from Grace
William Tabb