David Lynch

Directing · Born 1946-01-20 in Missoula, Montana, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
• Zelly & Me as Willie
• I Don't Know Jack as Self
• Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch as Self
• Destination Dune as Self
• The Amputee as The Nurse
• The Fabelmans as John Ford
• Inland Empire as Bucky J
• Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff as Himself
• Side by Side as Self