David Lynch
Born in Missoula, Montana, USA — Jan 20 1946• Died Jan 16 2025
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 importan…
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David Lynch's Credits
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Family Guy
Gus (voice)
Twin Peaks
Gordon Cole
Robot Chicken
Mad Scientist (voice)
Louie
Jack Dall
The Oscars
Self
The Cleveland Show
Dune
Spice Miner (uncredited)
Legends
Self
The Fabelmans
John Ford
Mulholland Drive
Directing
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
Blue Velvet
Directing
Scene by Scene
Self
The Elephant Man
Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Gordon Cole
Lost Highway
Sound
Wild at Heart
Writing
Inland Empire
Bucky J
Eraserhead
Art
Twin Peaks
Directing
Hotel Room
Sound
Un film et son époque
Self
The Straight Story
Directing
On the Air
Writing
Side by Side
Self
Cabin Fever
Crew
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Self - Filmmaker
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Gordon Cole
Rabbits
Directing
To Each His Own Cinema
Directing
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
Lucky
Howard
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Directing
Lynch/Oz
Self (archival footage)
Lumière & Company
Self
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Self
What Is Cinema?
Self
Critic
Self (voice)
Faraway Eyes
Crew
Beatles '64
Self
Why Are We Creative?
Self
Surveillance
Production
The Other Me
Production
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
DumbLand
Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)
Heart Beat
Painter (uncredited)
The Black Ghiandola
Man In Black
The King of Ads
Directing
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
American Chronicles
Production
Nadja
Morgue Receptionist
Girlfriend's Day
Narrator (voice)
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Self
Lynch (one)
Self
42 One Dream Rush
Directing
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Self
Rammstein in Amerika
Self
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Production
Kitsune
Crew
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
The Grandmother
Directing
David Lynch: The Art Life
Self
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
Self
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Writing
La Traversée du désir
Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
Zelly & Me
Willie
Rabbits
Directing
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self
I Don't Know Jack
Self
A Fall from Grace
William Tabb
Along for the Ride
Self
Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack
Sound
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
Lynch 2
Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
More Things That Happened
Directing
The 8th Floor
Self
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
Self
Moby Doc
Self
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Production
A Slice of Lynch
Self
Night Flight: Born Again
Self
Destination Dune
Self
The Number of Completion
Self
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
Darkened Room
Writing
Made in the USA
Self
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Self
The French as Seen by…
Directing
The Way of Samodelkin
Stranger in a dream
The Alphabet
Directing
The Amputee
The Nurse
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
The Music of David Lynch
Self
Curtains Up
Cinéma, de notre temps
David Lynch
The Reality of Truth
Self
Tell It Martin
Self
One Morning All Over the World
Directing
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
Self (voice) (archive footage)
What Is It?
Crew
Steps
Directing
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Self
Mysteries of Love
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of the Happy Worker
Production
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Self
Brand: A Second Coming
Self
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Directing
Lamp
Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Self
The Short Films of David Lynch
Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
Memory Film
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Self
On Meditation
Self
Rocksteppy
Himself
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Directing
Great Directors
Self
Six Men Getting Sick
Directing
No Frank in Lumberton
Self
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Detective
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
Directing
Interview Project
Creator
Boat
The Man
Eraserhead Stories
Self
Night Ride
Sound
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
Self
Between Two Worlds
Self
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Self
2012: Time for Change
Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self
Tríptico
Crew
20 Little Films
Directing
This Is Sparklehorse
Self
Hyena
Production
Shadows of Paradise
Brunes et Blondes
Self
David Wants to Fly
Self
Factory Mask
Production
Two Blue Balls
Self
The Pig Walks
Writing
Behind the Red Curtain
Self
A Pot of Boiling Oil
Self
Idem Paris
Directing
Ant Head
Sound
Ballerina
Directing
Morceaux de Cannes
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Meditation, Creativity, Peace
Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Himself
BlueBob Egg
Billy Groper
The Polish Accountant
Self
In Pursuit of Treasure
Art
Duran Duran: Unstaged
Directing
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
Production
Does That Hurt You?
Self
The Making Of A Mockumentary
Himself (archive footage)
Absurd Encounter with Fear
Directing
The Sound of Lynch
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
David Lynch
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange
Self (archive footage)
Bad Binoculars
Self
Early Experiments
Industrial Soundscape
Directing
Interview Project
Directing
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Self
Coyote #1
Crew
Pierre and Sonny Jim
Directing
Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima
Art
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
himself
Out Yonder — Chicken
Sunset #1
Directing
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Self
Waiting for Mr. Lynch
Directing
Psychogenic Fugue
Crew
Bug Crawls
Directing
Snootworld
Writing
David Lynch: 1985
Self
It's a Beautiful World
Self
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Self
Intervalometer Experiments
Directing
Land of Nothing
Production
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
Himself
The Sea Behind Her Head
Crew
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Fire (Pożar)
Directing
Red Fish
O Sábio
The Peaceline Project
Production
The Original Image - David Lynch
Head with Hammer
Writing
Out Yonder — Teeth
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
Himself
David Lynch: The Virtual Life
himself
The Soul Detective
Himself
When Lynch Met Lucas
Return to Mulholland Drive
Self
Hollyshorts Greeting
Himself
David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
Himself
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
Himself
Dead Mouse with Ants
Production
What Would David Lynch Do?
Self (Archived Footage)