David Lynch
David Keith Lynch was an American filmmaker, actor, painter, and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, with his films often characterized by a distinctive surrealist sensibility that gave rise to the adjective "Lynchian". In a career spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including an Academy Honorary Award, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, a Palme d'Or and Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and a (posthumous) Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards.
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I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
actor
2026
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
actor
2025
'Reverse' – Ferox Hall Taskmaster 2025
writer
2025
A Deadly American Marriage
actor
2025
Beatles '64
actor
2024
Lynch/Oz
actor
2023
Meeting the Beatles in India
actor
2020
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
actor
2019
David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
actor
2019
Ant Head
director
2018
Ant Head
writer
2018
Why Are We Creative?
actor
2018
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
actor
2017
WHAT DID JACK DO?
director
2017
WHAT DID JACK DO?
writer
2017
WHAT DID JACK DO?
actor
2017
Lucky
actor
2017
The Black Ghiandola
actor
2017
David Lynch: The Art Life
actor
2017
David Lynch: Insight
actor
2017
Along for the Ride
actor
2016
Blue Velvet Revisited
actor
2016
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
director
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
writer
2014
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
actor
2013
What Is Cinema?
actor
2013
Nine Inch Nails: Came Back Haunted
director
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
actor
2013
Professor Goudet's Lessons
actor
2013
Side by Side
actor
2012
David Lynch in Oslo
actor
2010
42 One Dream Rush
director
2010
Red Fish
actor
2009
The Way of Samodelkin
actor
2009
Great Directors
actor
2009
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
actor
2008
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
writer
2008
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
director
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
director
2007
Lynch (one)
actor
2007
Inland Empire
director
2006
Inland Empire
writer
2006
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
actor
2004
Boat
actor
2003
Boat
director
2003
Boat
writer
2003
Rabbits
director
2002
Rabbits
writer
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
writer
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
director
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
actor
2002
Darkened Room
director
2002
Darkened Room
writer
2002
BlueBob Egg
actor
2002
BlueBob Egg
writer
2002
BlueBob Egg
director
2002
Mysteries of Love
actor
2002
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
director
2002
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
actor
2002
Eraserhead Stories
director
2001
Eraserhead Stories
actor
2001
Mulholland Drive
writer
2001
Mulholland Drive
director
2001
The Straight Story
director
1999
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
actor
1997
Lost Highway
director
1997
Lost Highway
writer
1997
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
actor
1996
Lumière & Company
director
1995
Lumière & Company
actor
1995
Nadja
actor
1995
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
director
1995
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
director
1993
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
writer
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
actor
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
director
1992
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
actor
1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
director
1990
Wild at Heart
writer
1990
Wild at Heart
director
1990
Twin Peaks: Season One
writer
1990
Twin Peaks: Season One
director
1990
Twin Peaks
director
1989
Twin Peaks
writer
1989
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
actor
1989
Blue Velvet
writer
1986
Blue Velvet
director
1986
Dune
writer
1984
Dune
director
1984
The Elephant Man
writer
1980
The Elephant Man
director
1980
Eraserhead
writer
1977
Eraserhead
director
1977
The Amputee
director
1974
The Amputee
writer
1974
The Amputee
actor
1974
The Grandmother
writer
1970
The Grandmother
director
1970
The Alphabet
director
1969
The Alphabet
writer
1969
Six Men Getting Sick
director
1967
Rock All Night
actor
1957
A Fall from Grace
actor
David Lynch's Weather Reports
actor
David Lynch's Weather Reports
director
Lady Blue Shanghai
writer
Lady Blue Shanghai
writer
Lady Blue Shanghai
director
Lady Blue Shanghai
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