David Lynch

David Lynch
David Lynch
	David Lynch in April 2009
Born	David Keith Lynch ; January 20, 1946 (age 78); Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Education	School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Alma mater	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, AFI Conservatory
Occupations	Movie director; screenwriter; producer; painter; musician; visual artist;
Years active	1967–2024
Notable work	Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Eraserhead
Style	Nonlinear, psychological, neo-noir, surrealistic, horror
Spouse(s)	Peggy Lentz (1967–1974); Mary Fisk (1977–1987); Mary Sweeney (2006); Emily Stofle (2009–present)
Partner	Isabella Rossellini (1986–1991)
Parent(s)	Donald Walton Lynch,; Edwina (nee Sundholm)

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is a retired American movie director, screenwriter and actor.

Career

Lynch's movies include Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive. He was also responsible for a television series called Twin Peaks, his overall most famous work. Eraserhead, his first movie, is still his most famous theatrical movie. It was recently deemed socially important by the United States Library of Congress. He has done much work with Jack Nance, who has appeared in many of his movies. He has said that all his movies will be done using digital video from now on.

He is also famous for his early short movies. The Alphabet and The Grandmother are two of his best known. The Alphabet is about fear of education. The Grandmother is about a lonely boy who grows a grandmother like a plant from a seed.

Over his career, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations^[1] for Best Director and a nomination for best screenplay. Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also won a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

In August 2024, Lynch announced his retirement due to being diagnosed with emphysema years before.^[2]

BlueBob (with John Neff, 2001)
The Air is on Fire: Soundscape (2007)
Polish Night Music (with Marek Żebrowski, 2008)
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse: Dark Night of the Soul (2010; Lynch is featured on two songs.)
This Train (with Chrysta Bell, 2011)
Crazy Clown Time (2011)

Year	Movie	DVD availability	Blu-ray availability
1966	Six Men Getting Sick	The Short Films of David Lynch	Eraserhead Blu-ray
1967	Absurd Encounter with Fear	The Lime Green Set
1967	Fictitious Anacin Commercial	The Lime Green Set
1968	The Alphabet	The Short Films of David Lynch	Eraserhead Blu-ray
1970	The Grandmother	The Short Films of David Lynch	Wild at Heart Blu-ray
1974	The Amputee	The Short Films of David Lynch	Eraserhead Blu-ray
1988	The Cowboy and the Frenchman	The Short Films of David Lynch
1990	Industrial Symphony No. 1	The Lime Green Set
1995	Premonition Following An Evil Deed	The Short Films of David Lynch	Wild at Heart Blu-ray
2002	Darkened Room	Dynamic 1	Lost Highway Blu-ray
2002	Dumbland		Wild at Heart Blu-ray
2006	Ballerina	Extra on Inland Empire DVD
2007	Absurda
2007	Boat	Dynamic 1	Lost Highway Blu-ray
2007	Bug Crawls	Dynamic 1	Lost Highway Blu-ray
2007	Industrial Soundscape	Dynamic 1
2007	Lamp	Dynamic 1
2007	Out Yonder Neighbor Boy	Dynamic 1
2007	Intervalometer Experiments	Dynamic 1
2008	Scissors	The Lime Green Set
2010	Lady Blue Shanghai
2011	The 3 Rs	Viennale's website^[3]

Year	Series	Episodes	Available on DVD
2002	Rabbits	8	The Lime Green Set DVD
2002	Dumbland	8	The Lime Green Set DVD
	Out Yonder		The Lime Green Set DVD
2009	Interview Project Archived 2010-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

1990: Golden Palm (Wild at Heart, won)
1992: Golden Palm (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, nominated)
1999: Golden Palm (The Straight Story, nominated)
2001: Best Director (Mulholland Dr., won Tied with Joel Coen for The Man Who Wasn't There)
2001: Golden Palm (Mulholland Dr., nominated)

1981: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (The Elephant Man, nominated)

1990: Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music (Twin Peaks, nominated)
1990: Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics (Twin Peaks for the song "Into the Night", nominated)
1990: Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Twin Peaks for the pilot episode, nominated)
1990: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (Twin Peaks for the pilot episode, nominated)
1990: Outstanding Drama Series (Twin Peaks)

1987: Best Director (Blue Velvet, nominated)
1987: Best Screenplay (Blue Velvet, nominated)
2000: Best Director (The Straight Story, nominated)
2007: Special Distinction Award (Shared with Laura Dern for their collaborative work, won)

↑ charitybuzz (2012). "Have 3-Time Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker David Lynch Review Your Screenplay in LA". charitybuzz. Charitybuzz Inc. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
↑ Harrison, Scoop (5 August 2024). "David Lynch Suffers from Emphysema, No Longer Able to Direct". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
↑ "Trailer 2011". Viennale. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2011.

David Lynch
David Lynch in April 2009
Born	David Keith Lynch (1946-01-20) January 20, 1946 (age 78) Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Education	School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Alma mater	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, AFI Conservatory
Occupations	Movie director screenwriter producer painter musician visual artist
Years active	1967–2024
Notable work	Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Eraserhead
Style	Nonlinear, psychological, neo-noir, surrealistic, horror
Spouse(s)	Peggy Lentz (1967–1974) Mary Fisk (1977–1987) Mary Sweeney (2006) Emily Stofle (2009–present)
Partner	Isabella Rossellini (1986–1991)
Parent(s)	Donald Walton Lynch, Edwina (nee Sundholm)