Biography
David King 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 222
Movies 203
self 106
Director 59
TV Shows 19
Producer 13
Writer 4
Creator 2
Voice 1
![Sublime Eternal Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1112151-sublime-eternal-love.jpg)
Sublime Eternal Love (2024)
![Anedonia](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Anedonia (2024)
![Tríptico](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/920431-triptico.jpg)
Tríptico (2023)
![Lynch/Oz](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/725694-lynch-oz.jpg)
Lynch/Oz (2023)
![The Other Me](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/590699-the-other-me.jpg)
The Other Me (2023)
![The Fabelmans](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/524025-untitled-steven-spielberg-childhood-project.jpg)
The Fabelmans (2022)
![This Is Pop](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/563854-this-is-pop.jpg)
This Is Pop (2021)
![Faraway Eyes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/486643-faraway-eyes.jpg)
Faraway Eyes (2020)
![A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1057671-a-talk-with-kyle-maclachlan-and-sheryl-lee.jpg)
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee (2019)
![Shangri-La](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/286155-shangri-la.jpg)
Shangri-La (2019)
![Ant Head](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/213407-ant-head.jpg)
Ant Head (2018)
![WHAT DID JACK DO?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/352721-what-did-jack-do.jpg)
WHAT DID JACK DO? (2017)
![Plankton Salesmen](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1066964-plankton-salesmen.jpg)
Plankton Salesmen (2017)
![Lucky](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7433-lucky.jpg)
Lucky (2017)
![Night Ride](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Night Ride (2017)
![The Nineties](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20880-the-nineties.jpg)
The Nineties (2017)
![The Black Ghiandola](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28114-the-black-ghiandola.jpg)
The Black Ghiandola (2017)
![Girlfriend's Day](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47376-girlfriend-s-day.jpg)
Girlfriend's Day (2017)
![Rocksteppy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36708-rocksteppy.jpg)
Rocksteppy (2017)
![Kitsune](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/685016-kitsune.jpg)
Kitsune (2016)
![Psychogenic Fugue](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/30794-psychogenic-fugue.jpg)
Psychogenic Fugue (2016)
![Rooted in Peace](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Rooted in Peace (2016)
![Land of Nothing](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Land of Nothing (2015)
![Ergo-robots](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Ergo-robots (2015)
![Star](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Star (2014)
![Idem Paris](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36720-idem-paris.jpg)
Idem Paris (2013)
![20 Little Films](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1056669-20-little-films.jpg)
20 Little Films (2012)
![Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/376972-blue-velvet-the-lost-footage.jpg)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
![42 One Dream Rush](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1070762-42.jpg)
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
![Dream #7](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Dream #7 (2010)
![Louie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21768-louie.jpg)
Louie (2010)
![My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/32158-my-son-my-son-what-have-ye-done.jpg)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
![The Peaceline Project](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Peaceline Project (2009)
![Peixe Vermelho](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224233-peixe-vermelho.jpg)
Peixe Vermelho (2009)
![The Way of Samodelkin](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/945257-the-way-of-samodelkin.jpg)
The Way of Samodelkin (2009)
![Interview Project](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/353522-interview-project.jpg)
Interview Project (2009)
![Early Experiments](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/166155-early-experiments.jpg)
Early Experiments (2008)
![Surveillance](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/32885-surveillance.jpg)
Surveillance (2008)
![Crítico](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/128957-critico.jpg)
Crítico (2008)
![Ballerina](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36725-ballerina.jpg)
Ballerina (2007)
![Blue Green](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36722-blue-green.jpg)
Blue Green (2007)
![Absurda](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1112688-absurda.jpg)
Absurda (2007)
![Boat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36698-boat.jpg)
Boat (2007)
![Bug Crawls](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36723-bug-crawls.jpg)
Bug Crawls (2007)
![Out Yonder — Teeth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/166138-out-yonder-teeth.jpg)
Out Yonder — Teeth (2007)
![Steps](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/179179-steps.jpg)
Steps (2007)
![Out Yonder — Chicken](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/166139-out-yonder-chicken.jpg)
Out Yonder — Chicken (2007)
![Inland Empire](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8379-inland-empire.jpg)
Inland Empire (2006)
![Legends](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/577513-legends.jpg)
Legends (2006)
![Edge of Outside](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41883-edge-of-outside.jpg)
Edge of Outside (2006)
![Robot Chicken](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20492-robot-chicken.jpg)
Robot Chicken (2005)
![What Is It?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/49352-what-is-it.jpg)
What Is It? (2005)
![Scene From A David Lynch DV Project](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1111633-scene-from-a-david-lynch-dv-project.jpg)
Scene From A David Lynch DV Project (2005)
![BlueBob Egg](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/556292-bluebob-egg.jpg)
BlueBob Egg (2004)
![Lamp](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36706-lamp.jpg)
Lamp (2003)
![Rabbits](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8789-rabbits.jpg)
Rabbits (2002)
![The Pig Walks](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224236-the-pig-walks.jpg)
The Pig Walks (2002)
![The Short Films of David Lynch](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8048-the-short-films-of-david-lynch.jpg)
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002)
![Darkened Room](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8786-darkened-room.jpg)
Darkened Room (2002)
![I Don't Know Jack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36696-i-don-t-know-jack.jpg)
I Don't Know Jack (2002)
![Dead Mouse with Ants](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/243691-dead-mouse-with-ants.jpg)
Dead Mouse with Ants (2002)
![Factory Mask](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/499062-factory-mask.jpg)
Factory Mask (2002)
![Coyote](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/484287-coyote.jpg)
Coyote (2002)
![DumbLand](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36734-dumbland.jpg)
DumbLand (2002)
![Head with Hammer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224235-head-with-hammer.jpg)
Head with Hammer (2001)
![Pierre and Sonny Jim](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36729-pierre-and-sonny-jim.jpg)
Pierre and Sonny Jim (2001)
![Mulholland Drive](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6088-mulholland-drive.jpg)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
![Family Guy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13845-family-guy.jpg)
Family Guy (1999)
![Mulholland Dr.](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6755-mulholland-dr.jpg)
Mulholland Dr. (1999)
![Sunset](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/297403-sunset.jpg)
Sunset (1998)
![Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36681-pretty-as-a-picture-the-art-of-david-lynch.jpg)
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997)
![Lost Highway](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6702-lost-highway.jpg)
Lost Highway (1997)
![Lumière and Company](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28076-lumiere-and-company.jpg)
Lumière and Company (1995)
![Nadja](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14523-nadja.jpg)
Nadja (1994)
![Crumb](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36715-crumb.jpg)
Crumb (1994)
![Hotel Room](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36733-hotel-room.jpg)
Hotel Room (1993)
![On the Air](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36732-on-the-air.jpg)
On the Air (1992)
![The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/52286-the-cabinet-of-dr-ramirez.jpg)
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
![The King of Ads](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/188899-the-king-of-ads.jpg)
The King of Ads (1991)
![Wild at Heart](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8378-wild-at-heart.jpg)
Wild at Heart (1990)
![Twin Peaks](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6081-twin-peaks.jpg)
Twin Peaks (1990)
![Twin Peaks](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5988-twin-peaks.jpg)
Twin Peaks (1989)
![The Gauls](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Gauls (1988)
![Zelly & Me](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36695-zelly-and-me.jpg)
Zelly & Me (1988)
![Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/125968-roy-orbison-and-friends-a-black-and-white-night.jpg)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
![Ruth, Roses, and Revolver](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/304575-ruth-roses-and-revolver.jpg)
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver (1987)
![Blue Velvet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6715-blue-velvet.jpg)
Blue Velvet (1986)
![Dune](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8383-dune.jpg)
Dune (1984)
![The Elephant Man](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6006-the-elephant-man.jpg)
The Elephant Man (1980)
![Heart Beat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/53405-heart-beat.jpg)
Heart Beat (1980)
![Eraserhead](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8122-eraserhead.jpg)
Eraserhead (1978)
![In Pursuit of Treasure](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/970353-in-pursuit-of-treasure.jpg)
In Pursuit of Treasure (1972)
![The Grandmother](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36716-the-grandmother.jpg)
The Grandmother (1970)
![The Alphabet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8794-the-alphabet.jpg)
The Alphabet (1969)
![Six Men Getting Sick](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36718-six-men-getting-sick.jpg)
Six Men Getting Sick (1967)
![Fictitious Anacin Commercial](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/959473-fictitious-anacin-commercial.jpg)
Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967)
![The Happy Worker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Happy Worker
![Snootworld](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Snootworld
![A Fall from Grace](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
A Fall from Grace
![American Chronicles](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
American Chronicles
![The Classroom](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/692213-the-classroom.jpg)
The Classroom
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Information
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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