David Lynch

David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, painter, composer, video artist, and performance artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive. He has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. Lynch is probably best known for Blue Velvet and as the creator of the successful Twin Peaks television series.

Over a lengthy career, Lynch has employed a distinctive and unorthodox approach to narrative film making (dubbed Lynchian), which has become instantly recognizable to many audiences and critics worldwide. Lynch's films are known for surreal, nightmarish and dreamlike images and meticulously crafted sound design. His work often explores the seedy underside of "Small Town U.S." (particularly Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks), or sprawling California metropolises (Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and his latest release, INLAND EMPIRE). Beginning with his experimental film school feature Eraserhead (1977), he has maintained a strong cult following despite inconsistent commercial success. (read less)

David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, painter, composer, video artist, and performance artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive. He has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. Lynch is probably best known for Blue Velvet and as the creator of the successful Twin Peaks television series.

Over a lengthy career, Lynch has employed a distinctive and unorthodox approach to... (read more)