David Lynch

David Lynch

  • Birthday: 1946-01-20
  • Place of birth: Missoula, Montana, USA
  • Also know as: Дэвид Линч

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

Eraserhead Stories

2001

As Self

Boat

2007

As

On Meditation

2016

As Self

A Slice of Lynch

2007

As Self

Lynch 2

2007

As Self

Lynch (one)

2007

As Self

Lamp

2003

As Self

Hollyshorts Greeting

2008

As Himself

The 8th Floor

2014

As Self

Between Two Worlds

2014

As Self

Memory Film

2012

As

Does That Hurt You?

2003

As self

Moby Doc

2021

As Self

Tell It Martin

2017

As Self

Bad Binoculars

2017

As Self

Two Blue Balls

2017

As Self

Curtains Up

2018

As

BlueBob Egg

2004

As Billy Groper

David Lynch: 1985

2005

As Self

DAVID LYNCH COOKS QUINOA

2007

As Himself

A Fall from Grace

0000

As William Tabb

The Amputee

1974

As Nurse

Lucky

2017

As Howard

Brand: A Second Coming

2015

As Himself

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Detective

What Is Cinema?

2013

As Self

Rocksteppy

2017

As Himself

Destination Dune

1984

As Self

Zelly and Me

1988

As Willie

The Black Ghiandola

2017

As Man In Black

Peixe Vermelho

2009

As O Sábio

The Soul Detective

0000

As Himself

Side by Side

2012

As Self

Hollywood Mavericks

1990

As Self

The Fabelmans

2022

As John Ford

Made in the USA

1993

As Self

Mysteries of Love

2002

As Self (archive footage)

Great Directors

2009

As Self

Brunes et Blondes

2010

As Self

Lynch/Oz

2023

As Self (archive footage)

Along for the Ride

2016

As Self

Nadja

1994

As Morgue Receptionist

The Way of Samodelkin

2009

As Stranger in a dream

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

As Gordon Cole

I Don't Know Jack

2002

As Self

Heart Beat

1980

As Painter

Crítico

2008

As Self (voice)

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014

As Gordon Cole

Plankton Salesmen

2017

As Self (archive footage)

Dune

1984

As Spice Miner (uncredited)

Girlfriend's Day

2017

As Narrator (voice)

Edge of Outside

2006

As Self (archive footage)

Inland Empire

2006

As Bucky J

The Elephant Man

1980

As Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)

Production

Eraserhead

1977

As Art Direction

Eraserhead

1977

As Production Design

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Set Designer

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Set Decoration

Fire

2018

As Art Designer

Inland Empire

2006

As Director of Photography

Sailing with Bushnell Keeler

1967

As Camera Operator

The Grandmother

1970

As Camera Operator

The Alphabet

1969

As Director of Photography

Lamp

2003

As Director of Photography

Early Experiments

1968

As Director of Photography

More Things That Happened

2007

As Director of Photography

Inland Empire

2006

As Camera Operator

Interior Dining Room - Intravalometer Experiment

2004

As Director of Photography

Eraserhead

1977

As Special Effects

Psychogenic Fugue

2016

As Creative Consultant

What Is It?

2005

As Thanks

The Grandmother

1970

As Script

Kitsune

2016

As Thanks

Tríptico

2023

As Thanks

I Don't Know Jack

2002

As Presenter

Cabin Fever

2003

As Thanks

THE 3RS

2011

As Cinematography

Faraway Eyes

2020

As Thanks

The Straight Story

1999

As Director

Wild at Heart

1990

As Director

Lost Highway

1997

As Director

Blue Velvet

1986

As Director

Dune

1984

As Director

Mulholland Drive

2001

As Director

Inland Empire

2006

As Director

The Elephant Man

1980

As Director

More Things That Happened

2007

As Director

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

As Director

The Alphabet

1969

As Director

Rabbits

2002

As Director

The Grandmother

1970

As Director

Lumière and Company

1995

As Director

Six Men Getting Sick

1967

As Director

The Amputee

1974

As Director

Boat

2007

As Director

Darkened Room

2002

As Director

Eraserhead Stories

2001

As Director

Mulholland Dr.

1999

As Director

Idem Paris

2013

As Director

Blue Green

2007

As Director

Bug Crawls

2007

As Director

Duran Duran: Unstaged

2014

As Director

Ballerina

2007

As Director

The French as Seen by…

1988

As Director

Pierre and Sonny Jim

2001

As Director

Lamp

2003

As Director

Industrial Soundscape

2007

As Director

The King of Ads

1991

As Director

Head with Hammer

2001

As Director

The Pig Walks

2002

As Director

Dead Mouse with Ants

2002

As Director

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Director

Hollyshorts Greeting

2008

As Director

Out Yonder — Teeth

2007

As Director

Out Yonder — Chicken

2007

As Director

Early Experiments

1968

As Director

Steps

2007

As Director

Ant Head

2018

As Director

Fire

2018

As Director

Memory Film

2012

As Director

Twin Peaks

1989

As Director

Eraserhead

1977

As Director

Coyote

2002

As Director

Factory Mask

2002

As Director

BlueBob Egg

2004

As Director

Sunset

1998

As Director

42 One Dream Rush

2010

As Director

Laura Palmer

2002

As Director

20 Little Films

2012

As Director

THE 3RS

2011

As Director

The Adventures of Alan R.

2020

As Director

I Have a Radio

2020

As Director

DAVID LYNCH COOKS QUINOA

2007

As Director

Dream #7

0000

As Director

Eraserhead

1977

As Editor

Inland Empire

2006

As Editor

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Editor

Early Experiments

1968

As Editor

Coyote

2002

As Editor

Laura Palmer

2002

As Editor

THE 3RS

2011

As Editor

Eraserhead

1977

As Producer

Inland Empire

2006

As Producer

Surveillance

2008

As Executive Producer

Crumb

1994

As Producer

Nadja

1994

As Executive Producer

Mulholland Dr.

1999

As Executive Producer

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

As Executive Producer

Early Experiments

1968

As Producer

The Other Me

2023

As Executive Producer

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2009

As Executive Producer

My Beautiful Broken Brain

2014

As Executive Producer

Twin Peaks

1989

As Executive Producer

Lamp

2003

As Producer

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

As Executive Producer

The Happy Worker

0000

As Executive Producer

A Fall from Grace

0000

As Executive Producer

Lost Highway

1997

As Sound Designer

Lost Highway

1997

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Eraserhead

1977

As Original Music Composer

Mulholland Drive

2001

As Sound Designer

The Elephant Man

1980

As Sound Designer

The Alphabet

1969

As Sound

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

As Sound Designer

The Straight Story

1999

As Sound Designer

Inland Empire

2006

As Sound Designer

Mulholland Drive

2001

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ant Head

2018

As Sound

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Sound Designer

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Sound Mixer

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Music

Eraserhead

1977

As Sound Effects

Inland Empire

2006

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

I Have a Radio

2020

As Music

The Grandmother

1970

As Animation

The Alphabet

1969

As Animation

The Classroom

0000

As Animation

Wild at Heart

1990

As Screenplay

Blue Velvet

1986

As Screenplay

Dune

1984

As Screenplay

Eraserhead

1977

As Screenplay

Mulholland Drive

2001

As Writer

Inland Empire

2006

As Screenplay

The Elephant Man

1980

As Screenplay

Rabbits

2002

As Screenplay

Boat

2007

As Writer

Darkened Room

2002

As Writer

Mulholland Dr.

1999

As Writer

Lost Highway

1997

As Writer

The Alphabet

1969

As Writer

The Grandmother

1970

As Screenplay

Fire

2018

As Writer

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

As Writer

Twin Peaks

1989

As Writer

The Amputee

1974

As Writer

Does That Hurt You?

2003

As Writer

Early Experiments

1968

As Writer

Coyote

2002

As Writer

BlueBob Egg

2004

As Writer

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

As Original Series Creator

THE 3RS

2011

As Writer

I Have a Radio

2020

As Writer

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