Born in Missoula, Montana, in 1946 and died in 2025, Lynch was a painter before becoming a filmmaker. His work, including the series Twin Peaks, merges dream logic, small-town America and the unsettling underside of ordinary life.
Filmography
- Eraserhead (1977)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Dune (1984) (1984)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- The Straight Story (1999)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- Inland Empire (2006)