David Lynch
Directing
🎂 1946-01-20
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(143)
Gus (voice)
1999
David Lynch (voice)
1999
Gordon Cole
1990
Mad Scientist (voice)
2005
2009
Self
1992
Self
1953
Spice Miner (uncredited)
1984
Jack Dall
2010
Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
1980
Gordon Cole
1992
John Ford
2022
Self
2006
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021
Self
2016
Bucky J
2006
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Nurse
1974
Gordon Cole
2014
Self (archive footage)
2021
Howard
2017
Self
1998
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
2016
2007
himself
2025
Narrator (voice)
2017
Self
2014
Self
2025
Detective
2017
Self
2024
Self
2003
2003
Self (archive footage)
2025
2002
Self
2017
O Sábio
2009
Self
2021
Himself
Self
2002
Self
2004
1967
Self
2021
Self
2003
Self
2020
Self
2017
2010
2008
Himself
1987
2016
The Nurse
1974
The Man
2003
Self
2014
Self
2013
William Tabb
2020
Self - Audience Member
1988
Self
2001
2002
Self
2012
Self
2008
Self
2007
Self
1988
Self
2003
2010
Self
2004
Self
2017
Billy Groper
2002
Self
1996
Himself
2017
Self
2003
Self
2010
Himself
2008
Self
2014
Self
1993
Self
2015
Self
2016
Himself
2011
Self
2013
Self
1999
Morgue Receptionist
1995
2019
Self - Director (archive footage)
2025
Self
2015
Himself
1994
Self
2005
Self
2017
Self
2017
Painter (uncredited)
1980
Self
2022
Self
1990
Self
2017
Self
2017
Self
2017
2018
Self
2017
Himself
2019
Self
2014
Self
2016
Self
1997
himself
2020
2007
Self
2013
Self
2018
Self
2017
Self
2019
Self
1989
Man In Black
2017
Self
2017
Self
2017
Himself (archive footage)
2025
Self
1997
Self
2010
Self
2009
Self
2007
2004
Self
2007
2012
Self
2003
Self
2004
Self
2009
Willie
1988
Self
2014
Self
2002
Self
2001
Self
2012
Self
2016
Himself
2007
Self
2008
Self
2013
Self
2017
Self
1990
Self
2017
Self
2017
Stranger in a dream
2009
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self
2016
Self
2006
Self
1991
Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)
2001
Self (voice)
2008
Self
1983
Self
1998
David Lynch
1989
Writing (50)
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1990
Story
1990
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2001
Screenplay
1984
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1980
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1992
Original Series Creator
1992
Characters
1992
Screenplay
1977
Writer
1986
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1997
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1990
Writer
2006
Writer
1974
Writer
2014
Characters
2014
Original Story
2025
Lyricist
1992
Writer
1989
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2017
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2002
Writer
2002
Writer
2002
Writer
2001
Writer
2002
Writer
2007
Writer
2018
Writer
2008
Writer
2007
Writer
1974
Writer
2003
Writer
2001
Writer
2012
Screenplay
1970
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1970
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Writer
2008
Writer
2002
Writer
2011
Screenplay
2002
Writer
1992
Writer
2018
Writer
1969
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2003
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2002
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1988
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2002
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2001
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2002
Writers' Assistant
1990
Directing (77)
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1989
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1990
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2007
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2025
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2002
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2018
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1991
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1969
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1995
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1988
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2002
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2001
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2002
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1990
Director
Production (40)
Executive Producer
1990
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1992
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1977
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2025
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1989
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1990
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1967
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2020
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2001
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1993
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1970
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2008
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2002
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1995
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1992
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1991
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Editing (15)
Sound (26)
Sound Designer
1990
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2001
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2001
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1980
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1992
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
1992
Original Music Composer
1977
Sound Effects
1977
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1997
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1997
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2006
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2006
Sound Designer
1999
Music Producer
1992
Music
2017
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1990
Music
2017
Sound Designer
2017
Sound Mixer
2017
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1993
Music
1988
Music
2018
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2018
Sound
1969
Music
1997
Sound
2003
Creator (7)
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Crew (20)
Special Effects
1977
Thanks
2003
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1992
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Cinematography
2002
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2002
Cinematography
2001
Cinematography
2002
Presenter
2002
Cinematography
2007
Cinematography
1967
Script
1970
Thanks
2016
Cinematography
2002
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2005
Creative Consultant
2016
Thanks
2020
In Memory Of
Cinematography
2018
Cinematography
2002