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David Lynch net worth is
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David Lynch was born on the 20th January 1946, in Missoula, Montana USA, of Finnish descent, and is a film director, writer, actor, visual artist, musician and author, but probably best known for producing the movie “Eraserhead” (1977), and directing the critically acclaimed “The Elephant Man” (1980), and “Blue Velvet” (1986). Lynch was also a creator of the cult TV series called “Twin Peaks” (1990-1991). He has four Oscar nominations since his career started in 1966.

Have you ever wondered how rich David Lynch is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that David Lynch’s net worth is as high as $60 million, an amount earned through his successful career as a director and screenwriter. In addition to being one of the most distinguished filmmakers in the history of cinema, Lynch has also worked as an actor, and is a multitalented artist; he is also a renowned visual artist and musician. All of his talents have helped him to increase his net worth.

David Lynch Net Worth $60 Million

David Lynch is a son of Edwina “Sunny”, an English language tutor, and Donald Walton Lynch, a research scientist working for the US Department of Agriculture; he was raised as a Presbyterian. The family moved a lot because of Donald’s assignments, so they lived in Idaho, North Carolina, and Virginia during David’s childhood. He was schooled largely at Francis C. Hammond High School in Alexandria, Virginia, but wasn’t a great student, but he was a member of the Boy Scouts too. Soon after, he decided to move to Boston and enrol at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1964.

With an interest in being an artist, and inspired by the famous painter Oskar Kokoschka, Lynch went to the latter’ss school in Salzburg, Austria, and, but his planned stay of three years finished after only 15 days because Kokoschka wasn’t there, and so returned to the US. In 1966, David began his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he started his directing career with a short film called “Six Men Getting Sick”. He made three more shorts: “Absurd Encounter with Fear” (1967), “The Alphabet” (1968), and “The Grandmother” (1970) before moved to Los Angeles to study filmmaking at the AFI Conservatory in 1971.

After five years of production and many financial problems to complete his projects, Lynch finally released his debut feature film called “Eraserhead” (1977) starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, and Allen Joseph. Numerous producers were impressed with Lynch’s style and ideas, so he got the opportunity to make another movie in 1980 called “The Elephant Man”, with Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, and Anne Bancroft; the film was an instant hit, with eight Oscar nominations, and grossed over $30 million at the box office.

Now, Lynch was an acclaimed director, and his net worth rose with his success. He continued to create unique movies such as “Dune” (1984) starring Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, and Francesca Annis, and “Blue Velvet” (1986) with Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, and Dennis Hopper. Both movies earned Oscar nominations while Lynch established his connection with Kyle MacLachlan, who became his leading actor in more projects to come. He also has his favourite actress – Laura Dern, and she had her first collaboration with Lynch in “Wild at Heart” (1990) with Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Diane Ladd. David and Mark Frost created the cult TV series “Twin Peaks” in 1990, and Lynch again chose Kyle MacLachlan to play the main character, an idiosyncratic FBI Agent Dale Cooper. The show won three Golden Globe awards and is one of the most popular series of our time. Lynch’s net worth continued to rise.

Two years later, Lynch made a movie based on the series called “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”, and “Lost Highway” in 1997, one of his most underrated films starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and John Roselius. In 1999, he directed an Oscar-nominated drama “The Straight Story” with Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek in leading roles, and in 2001, Lynch wrote and directed the enigmatic mystery called “Mulholland Drive” starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, and Justin Theroux. A year later, David made “Rabbits”, based on his short film from earlier in his career, while his latest featured films are “Inland Empire” (2006) with Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, and Justin Theroux, and “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces” (2014) starring Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, and C.H. Evans. He is currently in the post-production of the remake of “Twin Peaks”, which will be out in 2017.

David Lynch also appeared in several of his own movies such as “The Elephant Man” (1980), “Dune” (1984), and “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” (1992), usually having a small role, while he also played in Tina Rathborne’s “Zelly and Me” (1988), and “Nadja” (1994). Although known as a filmmaker, Lynch also had over 20 exhibitions as a painter, and he stated that Francis Bacon is his hero artist, while he is a fan of photographers such as William Eggleston, Joel-Peter Witkin, and Diane Arbus.

This multi-talented artist has also released two studio albums called “Crazy Clown Time”(2011) and “The Big Dream”(2013) – both of them were commercially successful and additionally improved Lynch’s wealth.

Regarding his personal life, David Lynch was married to Peggy Lentz from 1967 to 1974 and has a daughter with her.. He then married Mary Fisk in 1977, but they divorced in 1987 after having a son. Lynch dated Isabella Rossellini, was briefly married to Mary Sweeney(2006-07), but married his third wife, Emily Stofle, in 2009, and has a daughter with her. David currently lives in Los Angeles.

Full Name	David Lynch
Net Worth	$60 Million
Date Of Birth	January 20, 1946
Place Of Birth	Missoula, Montana, United States
Height	1.8 m
Profession	Film director, writer, actor, visual artist, musician
Education	Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Corcoran School of the Arts, Design AFI Conservatory
Nationality	American
Spouse	Emily Stofle (m. 2009), Mary Sweeney (m. 2006–2007), Mary Fisk (m. 1977–1987), Peggy Lynch (m. 1967–1974)
Children	Jennifer Lynch, Austin Jack Lynch, Riley Lynch, Lula Boginia Lynch
Parents	Edwina Lynch, Donald Walton Lynch
Siblings	Martha Lynch, John Lynch
Partner	Isabella Rossellini
Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial
Twitter	https://twitter.com/david_lynch
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/
Allmusic	http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-lynch-mn0000212441
Awards	Palme d'Or (1990), Cannes Best Director Award (2001), Saturn Award, César Award for Best Foreign Film (2002,1982),Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award (2006),Bodil Award for Best American Film (2000, 2003)
Albums	“Crazy Clown Time”(2011), “The Big Dream”(2013)
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series, Independent Spirit Award f...
Movies	“Eraserhead” (1977), “The Elephant Man” (1980), “Blue Velvet” (1986), “The Straight Story” (1999), "Lost Highway" (1997), "Mulholland Drive" (2001), "Inland Empire" (2006), “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces” (2014)
TV Shows	“Twin Peaks” (1990-1991),“The Elephant Man” (1980), “Dune” (1984), “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” (1992), "DumbLand" (2002), "Rabbits" (2002)

#	Trademark
1	Frequently wiggles his fingers while he is talking
2	Very heavy use of black and dark lighting in order to augment colorful objects in scenes.
3	Never explains the meaning of his movies
4	Many of his films examine the dark side of American suburbia.
5	Films are often sexually charged and graphically violent
6	Quirky, nasal voice
7	Close up shots of eyes
8	Uses Roy Orbison songs in his films
9	Constant references to dreams as a way of connecting the plot and twists in his films.
10	Uses many references to France, the French language, culture, people, and names.
11	Almost always casts a musician for a supporting role: Sting in Dune (1984); Chris Isaak, David Bowie, Julee Cruise, and 'Miguel Ferrer' (son and former drummer of Rosemary Clooney in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Marilyn Manson and Henry Rollins in Lost Highway (1997); Billy Ray Cyrus, Rebekah Del Rio and Angelo Badalamenti in Mulholland Dr. (2001). Regular collaborator Kyle MacLachlan is also descended from composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
12	Red curtains, strobe lights, and extreme surrealism
13	Use of slow-motion during key scenes of violence
14	Has a taste for low/middle frequency noise, dark and rotting environments, distorted characters, a polarized world (angels vs demons, Madonnas vs whores), and debilitating damage to the skull or brain.
15	Finds small-town USA fascinating
16	Has frequently cast Jack Nance, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee,Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini, Sherilyn Fenn, Harry Dean Stanton, Michael J. Anderson, Everett McGill, Frances Bay, Dean Stockwell, David Patrick Kelly, Brad Dourif, Catherine E. Coulson, Grace Zabriskie, Ian Buchanan, Alicia Witt, and Bellina Logan.

Title	Salary
The Alphabet (1968)	$1,000

#	Quote
1	I like the idea that everything has a surface which hides much more underneath. Someone can look very well and have a whole bunch of diseases cooking: there are all sorts of dark, twisted things lurking down there. I go down in that darkness and see what's there. Coffee shops are nice safe places to think. I like sitting in brightly lit places where I can drink coffee and have some sugar. Then, before I know it, I'm down under the surface gliding along; if it becomes too heavy, I can always pop back into the coffee shop.
2	[on being asked if he takes drugs] Yes, I eat a tremendous amount of sugar!
3	Every idea that you fall in love with is a gift. How the ideas come is the trick.
4	Be true to yourself. Find your own voice and be true to that voice. Never take a bad idea, but never turn down a good idea. And, of course, have final cut.
5	I'm in a transition. I am painting, and I am painting over and then painting, and then painting over, and destroying, and painting, and destroying, and painting over.
6	I always give credit to Angelo Badalamenti for bringing me into the world of music.
7	I say Eraserhead (1977) is my The Philadelphia Story (1940). I like smoke and fire and the sounds of the factories.
8	Dune (1984) I didn't have final cut on. It's the only film I've made where I didn't have, I didn't technically have final cut on The Elephant Man (1980) but Mel Brooks gave it to me, and on Dune (1984) the film, I started selling out even in the script phase knowing I didn't have final cut, and I sold out, so it was a slow dying- the-death and a terrible terrible experience. I don't know how it happened, I trusted that it would work out but it was very naive and, the wrong move. In those days the maximum length they figured I could have is two hours and seventeen minutes, and that's what the film is, so they wouldn't lose a screening a day, so once again it's money talking and not for the film at all and so it was like compacted and it hurt it, it hurt it. There is no other version. There's more stuff, but even that is putrefied.
9	I started selling out on Dune (1984). Looking back, it's no one's fault but my own. I probably shouldn't have done that picture, but I saw tons and tons of possibilities for things I loved, and this was the structure to do them in. There was so much room to create a world. But I got strong indications from Raffaella and Dino De Laurentiis of what kind of film they expected, and I knew I didn't have final cut.
10	[on Eraserhead (1977)] Then we showed it to a guy who was a friend of Terrence Malick - his financial backer, I think. Terry was trying to help me get some money and he said, 'I want to show some scenes to this man, maybe he'll help you.' But Terry had not seen anything. So we organized several scenes, and this man came in and sat down and I was, you know, trembling. I was at the console with Al [sound designer Alan Splet] And in the middle of this thing the man stood up and screamed: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACT LIKE THAT! PEOPLE DON'T TALK LIKE THAT! THIS IS BULLSHIT!' And out he went. But, like, really upset. And Ron, the projectionist upstairs, heard this and everybody was just looking at each other. so I thought, 'Man!', you know, 'This is gonna be really difficult!' [from "Lynch on Lynch": revised edition, page 82]
11	[2008 interview] Now if you're playing a movie on a telephone, you will never in a trillion years experience the film. You'll think you have experienced it, but you'll be cheated. It's such a sadness that you think you've seen a film on your fucking telephone. Get real.
12	An inner anger is poison. A person who is angry is poisoning them self and poisoning the environment.
13	There's a comfort when you realize your ideas are realized. You've worked so that all the elements are working together and it feels complete and correct and you say it's done. Then it goes out into the world, but it doesn't need any more explanation. It is what it is. Cinema is such a beautiful language [but] as soon as people finish a film, people want you to turn it into words. It's kind of a sadness for me: the words are limiting.
14	Desiring an idea is like bait on a hook. You can pull them in. If you catch an idea that you love, that's a beautiful day, and you write it down. That idea might just be a fragment of the whole, but now you have even more bait. Thinking about that small fragment, that little fish will bring in more. Pretty soon you may have a script.
15	It's thrilling for me to play an electric guitar. I like to think of it as a gasoline-powered engine. Running rough, with a loud muffler.
16	I loved smoking cigarettes as a child. I loved matches. I loved lighting matches.
17	Sometimes when you pass a house and you see that the door's closed, the window blinds are closed, you wonder what's going on in there. We all get feelings from places. Some feelings are happy feelings, and some don't put out such happy feelings. There seems to be something more.
18	[on 'Richard Farnsworth' in The Straight Story (1999)] A lot of times people say someone was born to play a certain role. If there was ever a case for that, this is it. The film hangs on his performance. There's nobody who could have done it like he did. He has a quality, which is in all the films he's been in, that just makes you want to instantly love this guy. He fits the definition of an actor - a person who makes something real.
19	[on The Straight Story (1999)] Some people still wait for something very bad to happen in the movie. Also, somebody was standing in line for a preview screening and a lady behind them said, 'Isn't it odd that there are two directors named David Lynch.'
20	[on The Straight Story (1999)] I wanted the film to have a floating feeling. I particularly wanted that quality to come through in the aerial landscape shots, and it took a lot of explaining to get the helicopter pilots to slow down enough to get the look I was after.
21	People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get these ideas that I truly fall in love with. And a good movie idea is often like a girl you're in love with, but you know she's not the kind of girl you bring home to your parents, because they sometimes hold some dark and troubling things.
22	I was driving through Central Park with Kyle MacLachlan and on the radio came Crying by Roy Orbison. I started listening to this song and I'm thinking only of Blue Velvet (1986) and I'm thinking this song could appear in the film. Once we were filming in Virginia, I ask for Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and I hear In Dreams and boom! An explosion goes off in my head. And I think, "This is it." Dennis [Hopper] was supposed to sing that and Dean Stockwell was supposed to listen but Dennis couldn't remember the lines. And I thought, "Wait a minute, Dean will sing and Dennis will listen." It was a magical thing.
23	[on actress Sherilyn Fenn] She's a mysterious girl and I think that actresses like her who have a mystery - where there's something hiding beneath the surface - are the really interesting ones. (Premiere UK, July 1993)
24	[on actress Joan Chen] She's the best thing from China since pasta - and much more beautiful. (People, May 04, 1992)
25	[on Eyes Wide Shut (1999)] I really love Eyes Wide Shut. I just wonder if Stanley Kubrick really did finish it the way he wanted to before he died.
26	[remarking about Elvis Presley's reported comment to one of his backup singers that he thought no one would remember him] That's incredible. Elvis swims in our minds, and in the emotions all through time.
27	[on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)] I love that film. I say now that The Straight Story (1999) is my most experimental movie, but up until then, "Fire Walk With Me" was my most experimental film, and some of the things, the combos, you know, like, sequences . . . It was a dark film, but like Peggy Lipton said in an interview, it was just too much in people's faces, and it didn't have the humor of Twin Peaks (1990). So it was what it was supposed to be, but it wasn't what people wanted. It was supposed to be stand-alone, but it was also supposed to be the last week of Laura Palmer's life. And all those things that had been established, they could be pleasant on one level to experience, but unpleasant on another level.
28	[on Sheryl Lee and her performance in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)] It turns out, at least in my opinion, she's an unbelievable actress and there are things that she's done in this movie that are truly incredible. I haven't seen too many people get into a role and give it as much. So, the big news for me was this person was hired to be a dead girl and turns out to be a great actress and a perfect Laura Palmer.
29	I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.
30	Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.
31	[on why his officially sanctioned DVDs contain no chapter stops] It is my opinion that a film is not like a book--it should not be broken up. It is a continuum and should be seen as such.
32	[on his 1965 sojourn to Europe to study art] I intended to stay three years. Instead, I stayed 15 days! I remember lying in an Athens basement with lizards crawling along the walls and contemplating that I was 7,000 miles from McDonalds!
33	[on his 1965 sojourn to Europe to study art] I didn't take to Europe. I was all the time thinking, "This is where I'm going to be painting". And there was no inspiration there at all for the kind of work I wanted to do.
34	My father was a scientist for the Forest Service. He would drive me through the woods in his green Forest Service truck, over dirt roads, through the most beautiful forests where the trees are very tall and shafts of sunlight come down and in the mountain streams the rainbow trout leap out and their little trout sides catch glimpses of light. Then my father would drop me in the woods and go off. It was a weird, comforting feeling being in the woods. There were odd, mysterious things. That's the kind of world I grew up in.
35	As a teenager, I was really trying to have fun 24 hours a day. I didn't start thinking until I was 20 or 21. I was doing regular goof-ball stuff.
36	There was nothing much going on upstairs until the age of nineteen.
37	In a large city I realized there was a large amount of fear. Coming from the Northwest, it kind of hits you like a train.
38	[on actor Kyle MacLachlan]: "What do we do together? I have a pretty good cappuccino machine, and anytime he gets the urge, he comes on over. We talk about the problems associated with getting a good cup of coffee."
39	I like things to be orderly. For seven years I ate at Bob's Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I ate a chocolate shake and four, five, six, seven cups of coffee--with lots of sugar. And there's lots of sugar in that chocolate shake. It's a thick shake. In a silver goblet. I would get a rush from all this sugar, and I would get so many ideas! I would write them on these napkins. It was like I had a desk with paper. All I had to do was remember to bring my pen, but a waitress would give me one if I remembered to return it at the end of my stay. I got a lot of ideas at Bob's.
40	Sex was like a world so mysterious to me, I really couldn't believe there was this fantastic texture to life that I was getting to do...it has all these different levels, from lust and fearful, violent sex to the real spiritual thing at the other end. It's the key to some fantastic mystery of life.
41	Cigarettes are pretty much my worst vice, and I even stopped smoking for 20 years. I spend most of my free time with my family and working on art.
42	There's something deeply satisfying about directing the flow of water.
43	My mother refused to give me coloring books as a child. She probably saved me, Because when you think about it, what a coloring book does is completely kill creativity.
44	I'm convinced we all are voyeurs. It's part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know what goes on behind those windows. And not in a way that we would use to hurt anyone. There's an entertainment value to it, but at the same time we want to know: What do humans do? Do they do the same things as I do? It's a gaining of some sort of knowledge, I think.
45	Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way. Being explicit doesn't tap into the mystical aspect of it either in fact, that usually kills it because people don't want to see sex so much as they want to experience the emotions that go along with it. These things are hard to convey in film because sex is such a mystery.
46	I'm not sure what these people are saying. Is it that if you depicted no graphic violence, the world would calm down and there would be less violence? Or is it that if you sense certain things about violence and then portray those things in a film, does that make the violence go to another level? Or is the violence in films a way to experience something without having to do it in real life?
47	All my movies are about strange worlds that you can't go into unless you build them and film them. That's what's so important about film to me. I just like going into strange worlds.
48	I would rather not make a film than make one where I don't have final cut.
49	I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream...allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film.
50	[on plans to build 100 transcendental meditation centers to bring an end to crime and war]: "Peace could be on this Earth this year. It would be a whole new world."
51	I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it.
52	[His films] mean different things to different people. Some mean more or less the same things to a large number of people. It's okay. Just as long as there's not one message, spoon-fed. That's what films by committee end up being, and it's a real bummer to me . . . Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.
53	I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.
54	I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere between there and here ideas exist. And I think the mind isn't conscious enough to go all the way to where we're connected, but it's conscious of a certain amount of that territory. And when these ideas fly into the conscious part, then you can capture them. But if they're outside of the conscious part, you don't even know about them. So you just hope that you can make the conscious part of your mind bigger or that these ideas will fly into your airspace, so you can shoot them down and grab them and take them home. So that's all you try to do. Sometimes an idea will strike you when you're sitting in a quiet chair. But sometimes an idea will strike you when you're standing. Sometimes music will also help you. If I thought I could just sit still in a quiet place and get ideas, I would do that all the time, but sometimes nothing happens. There's no rhyme or reason to it. But you've got to write them down right away. I forget so many things. Then if I forget it and try to remember it, my whole day is ruined because I can't remember and I feel horrible. And I imagine that it was one of the all time great ideas. And it probably isn't.
55	In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire story is understood. And they become worried if even for one small moment something happens that is not understood by everyone. But what's so fantastic is to get down into areas where things are abstract and where things are felt, or understood in an intuitive way that, you can't, you know, put a microphone to somebody at the theatre and say 'Did you understand that?' but they come out with a strange, fantastic feeling and they can carry that, and it opens some little door or something that's magical and that's the power that film has.
56	To give a sense of place, to me, is a thrilling thing. And a sense of place is made up of details. And so the details are incredibly important. If they're wrong, then it throws you out of the mood. And so the sound and music and color and shape and texture, if all those things are correct and a woman looks a certain way with a certain kind of light and says the right word, you're gone, you're in heaven. But it's all the little details.
57	It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because the meaning, it's a very personal thing, and the meaning for me is different than the meaning for somebody else.
58	I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I become very nervous when I go to a film because I worry so much about the director and it is hard for me to digest my popcorn.
59	I sort of go by a duck when I work on a film because if you study a duck, you'll see certain things. You'll see a bill, and the bill is a certain texture and a certain length. Then you'll see a head, and the features on the head are a certain texture and it's a certain shape and it goes into the neck. The texture of the bill for instance is very smooth and it has quite precise detail in it and it reminds you somewhat of the legs. The legs are a little bit bigger and a little more rubbery but it's enough so that your eye goes back and forth. Now, the body being so big, it can be softer and the texture is not so detailed, it's just kind of a cloud. And the key to the whole duck is the eye and where the eye is placed. And it has to be placed in the head and it's the most detailed, and it's like a little jewel. And if it was fixed, sitting on the bill, it would be two things that were too busy, battling, they would not do so well. And if it was sitting in the middle of the body, it would get lost. But it's so perfectly placed to show off a jewel right in the middle of the head like that, next to this S-curve with the bill sitting out in front, but with enough distance so that the eye is very very very well secluded and set out. So when you're working on a film, a lot of times you can get the bill and the legs and the body and everything, but this eye of the duck is a certain scene, this jewel, that if it's there, it's absolutely beautiful. It's just fantastic." "Film exists because we can go and have experiences that would be pretty dangerous or strange for us in real life. We can go into a room and walk into a dream. If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things withing a film for the total experience.
60	It's better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you'll be too afraid to let things keep happening. Psychology destroys the mystery, this kind of magic quality. It can be reduced to certain neuroses or certain things, and since it is now named and defined, it's lost its mystery and the potential for a vast, infinite experience.

#	Fact
1	At the 1986 Montreal Film Festival, where Blue Velvet first premiered, he met Giulietta Masina, wife & frequent muse of Federico Fellini, one of his favorite film directors.
2	In the late 1980s, he directed 4 TV commercials for Calvin Klein's Obsession perfume based on excerpts from novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, D.H. Lawrence and Gustave Flaubert and featuring Benicio Del Toro, Heather Graham, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Marshall, Rodney Harvey and Ian Buchanan.
3	Disowned Dune (1984), considering it the only real failure of his career. To this day, he refuses to talk about the production in great detail, and has refused numerous offers to work on a special edition DVD. Lynch claims revisiting the film would be too painful an experience to endure.
4	Was asked to direct Manhunter (1986).
5	Sheryl Lee credits him as one of the most incredible teachers that she's ever had in terms of filmmaking.
6	Lodz, Poland. Discussing his plans for building post production film studio in an old factory on Targowa street. [May 2004]
7	In 2002, Lynch paid $1 million to spend a month studying Transcendental Meditation along with a few other well-heeled adherents in a compound in the Netherlands with the movement's founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Maharishi was living in the house, but only communicated with the group via TV conferencing.
8	Has three siblings, including brother John Lynch.
9	Among the places he lived in his rootless childhood were Missoula, Montana (his birth place), Sandpoint, Idaho (where his family moved when he was only 2 months old), Spokane, Washington, Durham, North Carolina, Boise, Idaho and Alexandria, Virginia (where he attended high school).
10	Has said that he is an admirer of Ronald Reagan, and supported the Natural Law Party in the 2000 Presidential Election. In both the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Elections, he supported Barack Obama.
11	Directed 3 actors in Oscar nominated performances: John Hurt, Diane Ladd, and Richard Farnsworth.
12	His ancestry is Finnish, German and Irish. His Irish Ancestry can be traced to Galway and as far back as being descended from Rollo, a Viking King.
13	Has worked with real-life father-son pair José Ferrer and Miguel Ferrer in Dune (1984) and Twin Peaks (1990); and real-life mother-daughter pair Diane Ladd and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990) and Blue Velvet (1986).
14	The car accident scene in Wild at Heart (1990) came from his impression of actress Sherilyn Fenn as a china doll, and from the idea of seeing a porcelain doll breaking. He told her, "I envisioned this broken China doll, all bloody, and ranting and raving, and it was you".
15	He was so impressed by Sheryl Lee's performance as the dead Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990)' pilot episode that he wrote the role of Maddy Ferguson for her, in order to bring her back in the series.
16	Sherilyn Fenn, who worked with him in Twin Peaks (1990) and Wild at Heart (1990), later starred in his daughter Jennifer Lynch's directorial debut Boxing Helena (1993).
17	Some of his favorite films of all time are: 8½ (1963), La Strada (1954), Sunset Blvd. (1950), The Apartment (1960), Lolita (1962), Persona (1966), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Stroszek (1977) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).
18	Frequently works with Crispin Glover.
19	Born to Donald Lynch, a research scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and his wife Sunny, an English language tutor.
20	Served as an usher at the Presidential Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (20 January 1961).
21	Although having planned to study with painter Oskar Kokoschka in Austria for three years, he returned to the US after only 15 days.
22	Has practiced Transcendental Meditation for at least 20 minutes each day since 1973. Now very actively leads his own worldwide organization, the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, that is the midst of a campaign to raise $7 billion to further its goals. As a result, Lynch has not made a film since 2006's Inland Empire (2006).
23	Being an avid coffee drinker, he has own line of special organic blends.
24	Is mentioned in German author Patrick Roth's short story "Lynch for Lunch" (2008).
25	Is friends with Mädchen Amick.
26	Claims one of his favorite films to be The Wizard of Oz (1939), and has many references to the classic in his films, the most obvious are in Wild at Heart (1990). He has also cited Vertigo (1958) and Glen or Glenda (1953) as his other favorites.
27	Was engaged to Italian actress Isabella Rossellini from 1986 to 1990.
28	Though on the surface his alliance with Mel Brooks on The Elephant Man (1980) would seem unlikely to many, a number of Lynch's films are interpreted as being satirical of traditional Hollywood clichés (Mulholland Dr. (2001), Wild at Heart (1990), Blue Velvet (1986) albeit in a much darker and artistic way than in the films that made Brooks a success (Young Frankenstein (1974), Blazing Saddles (1974), etc.).
29	His grandmother was German.
30	He was introduced to Isabella Rossellini at a restaurant by a mutual friend when he was in the process of casting Blue Velvet (1986). Struck by her serene European beauty, he told her, "You could be Ingrid Bergman's daughter." 'You idiot,' my friend said to me," Lynch recalled, "'she is Ingrid Bergman's daughter!'"
31	Is friends with Kyle MacLachlan.
32	Was very good friends with Jack Nance.
33	He was offered the chance to direct Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), but he turned it down, saying that the script was funny, but it wasn't his thing.
34	Is famous (or infamous) for not saying anything on Eraserhead (1977). He lets the viewers decide what it means.
35	President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
36	He drew and wrote the comic strip, "The Angriest Dog in the World" that ran in the Los Angeles Reader newspaper throughout the 1980s.
37	Announced at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival that he has been shooting a feature length project on digital video called Inland Empire (2006) for over a year. He also announced that he was so impressed with digital that he was giving up directing projects on film.
38	In addition to excluding chapter breaks in his approved DVD releases of his movies, he hasn't recorded an audio commentary in any of his films. This is because he believes that films speak for themselves.
39	Has cited Luis Buñuel, Werner Herzog, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, and Roman Polanski as some of his influences.
40	Insisted his name be struck from the 190-minute Extended Cut of Dune (1984), which was prepared specially for television. That version credits the pseudonymous "Judas Booth" as writer/director. Yet in 2009 - the movie's 25th anniversary - Lynch (by a fan's request) actually signed Booth's name to a vintage "Making of Dune (1984) paperback at West Hollywood's famous Book Soup.
41	Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985," pp. 621-626 (as David K. Lynch). New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
42	He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia
43	His son, Austin Jack Lynch, appeared in an episode of Twin Peaks (1990) as Pierre Tremond, or the Creamed-Corn Kid. The role (billed as Pierre Tremond/Chalfont) went to Jonathan J. Leppell in the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). It is widely rumored that Jonathan is Lynch's nephew, but Jonathan and his mother had never heard of Lynch or the TV show when he was cast in Seattle. Julee Cruise, who appears in Twin Peaks (1990), is his musical protégée. Lynch wrote the lyrics on her first album, some of the lyrics of her second album, and occasionally plays an instrument on her recordings.
44	While in college, roomed with Peter Wolf, former lead singer with the J. Geils Band. Lynch kicked him out, however, because he thought Wolf was "too weird."
45	Daughter, Director Jennifer Lynch (b. 1968), with first wife actress Peggy Lynch. Son, Austin Jack Lynch (b. 1982), with second wife Mary Fisk. Son, Riley Lynch (b. 1992), with film editor Mary Sweeney (she later became his third wife).
46	After George Lucas saw Eraserhead (1977), he offered Lynch the chance to direct Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) but Lynch turned him down. Lynch felt the film would be more Lucas's vision than his own.
47	After the financial disaster that was Dune (1984), Lynch and Dino De Laurentiis were almost ready to part company but Lynch showed Dino the script for Blue Velvet (1986), which he had been working on for some time, and the two combined talents to make the seminal 1986 classic.
48	Wrote the Gordon Cole character (from Twin Peaks (1990)) with himself in mind.
49	Producer Dino De Laurentiis offered him the chance to direct "Hand-Carved Coffins" based on a Truman Capote work, but Lynch turned it down; to date the project has not been produced.
50	Projects he has written but to date has not produced include "Ronnie Rocket," "Up at the Lake," and "One Saliva Bubble."
51	He is also an artist working in paint and such dynamic elements as live ants and rotting flesh. He also frequently designs and builds the furniture in his films. These can be seen in the documentary about him, Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997).
52	Personally approved DVD releases of his movies do not have any chapter stops. This is done because he believes that films are meant to be viewed from beginning to end.
53	Currently (2002) runs his own personally authorized Web site, www.davidlynch.com and has been rumored to appear in the chat area of the site under a more than obvious name.
54	His father had Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry. His mother was of half Finnish and half German descent. His Irish ancestry can be traced to Galway and as far back as being descended from Rollo, a Viking King.
55	Is an Eagle Scout.
56	Ate lunch at Bob's Big Boy in Los Angeles, California, nearly every day for almost eight years in a row.

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Writer

Title	Year	Status
Twin Peaks		TV Series creator - 18 episodes, 2017 written by - 18 episodes, 2017
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	2014	based on the series written by - uncredited / written by - uncredited
Meditation, Creativity, Peace	2012	Documentary
The 3 Rs	2011	Short
Lady Blue Shanghai	2010	Short story
More Things That Happened	2007	Video
Boat	2007	Video short
Inland Empire	2006	written by
Rabbits	2002	Short
The Short Films of David Lynch	2002	Video documentary
Darkened Room	2002	Short
Does That Hurt You?	2002	Documentary short
DumbLand	2002	TV Mini-Series short
Mulholland Dr.	2001	written by
Mulholland Dr.	1999	TV Movie
Lost Highway	1997	written by
Hotel Room	1993	TV Mini-Series creator - 3 episodes
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	television series Twin Peaks / written by
On the Air		TV Series creator - 5 episodes, 1992 writer - 1 episode, 1992 written by - 1 episode, 1992
Twin Peaks		TV Series created by - 29 episodes, 1990 - 1991 written by - 3 episodes, 1990 story by - 1 episode, 1990
Wild at Heart	1990	screenplay
Les Français vus par	1988	TV Mini-Series writer - 2 episodes
Blue Velvet	1986	screenplay
Dune	1984	screenplay
The Elephant Man	1980	screenplay
Eraserhead	1977	written by
The Amputee	1974	Short
The Grandmother	1970	Short
The Alphabet	1968	Short writer
Absurd Encounter with Fear	1967	Short uncredited

Director

Title	Year	Status
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series 18 episodes
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	2014
Duran Duran: Unstaged	2014	Video documentary
Nine Inch Nails: Came Back Haunted	2013	Video short
Idem Paris	2013	Video documentary short
David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time	2012	Video short
The 3 Rs	2011	Short
Interpol: I Touch a Red Button	2011	Video short
42 One Dream Rush	2010	Short
Lady Blue Shanghai	2010	Short
Ariana Delawari: Lion of Panjshir	2010	Video short
Moby: Shot in the Back of the Head	2009	Video short
Bug Crawls	2008	Short
Industrial Soundscape	2008	Short
Blue Green	2007	Video short
More Things That Happened	2007	Video
Absurda	2007	Short
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence	2007	segment "Absurda", special version
Boat	2007	Video short
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com	2007	Video documentary
Working with Marilyn Manson	2007	Video documentary short
Inland Empire	2006
Rabbits	2002	Short
The Short Films of David Lynch	2002	Video documentary
Darkened Room	2002	Short
DumbLand	2002	TV Mini-Series short
Pierre and Sonny Jim	2001	Short
Eraserhead Stories	2001	Video documentary
Mulholland Dr.	2001
Un matin partout dans le monde	2000	TV Short
The Straight Story	1999
BlueBob: Thank You, Judge	1999	Video short
Mulholland Dr.	1999	TV Movie
Lost Highway	1997
Lumière et compagnie	1995	Documentary segment "Premonition Following An Evil Deed"
Premonition Following an Evil Deed	1995	Short
X Japan: Longing - Togireta Melody	1995	Video short
Hotel Room	1993	TV Mini-Series 2 episodes
On the Air	1992	TV Series 1 episode
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992
Thought Gang: A Real Indication	1992	Video short
The King of Ads	1991	Documentary segment "Yves Saint Laurent's Opium Parfum commercial"
Twin Peaks	1990-1991	TV Series 6 episodes
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted	1990	TV Movie
Chris Isaak: Wicked Game, Wild at Heart Version	1990	Video short
Wild at Heart	1990
Les Français vus par	1988	TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Blue Velvet	1986
Dune	1984
The Elephant Man	1980
Eraserhead	1977
The Amputee	1974	Short
The Grandmother	1970	Short
The Alphabet	1968	Short
Fictitious Anacin Commercial	1967	Short
Absurd Encounter with Fear	1967	Short
Six Men Getting Sick	1966	Short

Producer

Title	Year	Status
A Fall from Grace		executive producer announced
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series executive producer - 18 episodes
Interpol: I Touch a Red Button	2011	Video short producer
Ariana Delawari: Lion of Panjshir	2010	Video short producer
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done	2009	executive producer
The Peaceline Project	2009	Documentary executive producer
Interview Project	2009	TV Series documentary producer
Surveillance	2008/I	executive producer
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com	2007	Video documentary executive producer
Inland Empire	2006	producer
Darkened Room	2002	Short executive producer
DumbLand	2002	TV Mini-Series short producer
Mulholland Dr.	1999	TV Movie executive producer
Nadja	1994	executive producer
Hotel Room	1993	TV Mini-Series executive producer - 3 episodes
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	executive producer
On the Air		TV Series producer - 5 episodes, 1992 executive producer - 2 episodes, 1992
Twin Peaks	1990-1991	TV Series executive producer - 30 episodes
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez	1991	executive producer
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted	1990	TV Movie producer
Eraserhead	1977	producer
The Amputee	1974	Short producer
The Grandmother	1970	Short producer
Six Men Getting Sick	1966	Short producer

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Fall from Grace		announced	William Tabb
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series	FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole
The Black Ghiandola	2017	Short	Man In Black
Lucky	2017/I		Howard
Girlfriend's Day	2017		Narrator (voice)
Family Guy	2010-2016	TV Series	David Lynch / Gus
The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert	2015	TV Movie
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	2014		FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole
The Cleveland Show	2010-2013	TV Series	Gus
Louie	2012	TV Series	Jack Dall Jack Dahl
Peixe Vermelho	2009	Short	The Knowledgeable One
Inland Empire	2006		Bucky J (voice, uncredited)
DumbLand	2002	TV Mini-Series short	All Voices (voice)
BlueBob: Thank You, Judge	1999	Video short	Billy Groper
Lost Highway	1997		Morgue Attendant (scenes deleted)
Nadja	1994		Morgue Receptionist
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992		Gordon Cole
Twin Peaks	1990-1991	TV Series	FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole / Reflection of the Man in Headphones in Police Station
Zelly and Me	1988		Willie
Arena	1987	TV Series documentary	Host / Narrator
Dune	1984		Spice Worker (uncredited)
The Elephant Man	1980		Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
Heart Beat	1980		Painter (uncredited)
The Amputee	1974	Short	Unable and scared nurse

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Twin Peaks		TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 2017 performer - 2 episodes, 2017
David Lynch: The Art Life	2016	Documentary performer: "I Have a Radio", "The Night Bell With Lightning", "Sparkle Lounge Blues" / writer: "I Have a Radio", "The Night Bell With Lightning", "Sparkle Lounge Blues"
The Looking Glass	2015	as David K. Lynch, "Mysteries of Love"
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	2014	"One Dog Bark" / music: "Mysterioso #2", "The Pink Room"
What Is Cinema?	2013	Documentary courtesy: "Mulholland Drive - Theme" written & performed by nm0000823
A Common Confusion	2012	Short performer: "The Night Bell With Lightning" / writer: "The Night Bell With Lightning"
Too Young to Die	2012	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Psych	2010	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Surveillance	2008/I	performer: "Speed Roadster" / writer: "Speed Roadster"
Parashat Ha-Shavua	2008	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Inland Empire	2006	performer: "Ghost of Love", "Polish Night Music No. 1", "Walkin' on the Sky" / writer: "Ghost of Love", "Polish Night Music No. 1", "Polish Poem", "Walkin' on the Sky"
Coachella	2006	Video documentary writer: "In Heaven"
The Company	2003	music: "White Widow", "The World Spins" - as David K. Lynch
1000 millones	2002	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mulholland Dr.	2001	performer: "Go Get Some", "Pretty 50's", "Mountains Falling" / writer: "Go Get Some", "Pretty 50's", "Mountains Falling"
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch	1997	TV Movie documentary writer: "And Still"
Lumière et compagnie	1995	Documentary "Mysterious Morning", "FRANCK 2000"
Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben	1993	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	"She Would Die For Love", "Questions In A World Of Blue", "A Real Indication", "The Black Dog Runs At Night", "Falling", "Sycamore Trees" / writer: "Blue Frank", "The Pink Room", "Double R Swing", "Deer Meadow Shuffle", "Best Friends"
Twin Peaks		TV Series 2 episodes, 1990 - 1991 lyrics - 2 episodes, 1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted	1990	TV Movie lyrics: "Up in Flames", "I Float Alone", "Into the Night", "Pinky's Bubble Egg The Twins Spoke", "The Dream Conversation", "Rockin' Back Inside My Heart", "The World Spins" / music: "The Black Sea", "I'm Hurt Bad", "The Final Battle"
Wild at Heart	1990	writer: "Up In Flames"
Blue Velvet	1986	lyrics: "Blue Star", "Mysteries Of Love"
Eraserhead	1977	"In Heaven Lady In The Radiator Song", "Pete's Boogie" Previously Unreleased / lyrics: "In Heaven" - uncredited / writer: "In Heaven Lady In The Radiator Song", "Pete's Boogie" Previously Unreleased

Sound Department

Title	Year	Status
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series sound designer - 18 episodes
Britannia High	2008	TV Series boom operator - 1 episode
Inland Empire	2006	re-recording mixer / sound designer
Does That Hurt You?	2002	Documentary short sound
Mulholland Dr.	2001	re-recording mixer / sound designer
The Straight Story	1999	sound designer
Lost Highway	1997	re-recording mixer / sound designer
Hotel Room	1993	TV Mini-Series sound designer - 3 episodes
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	re-recording mixer / sound designer
The Elephant Man	1980	sound designer
Eraserhead	1977	sound effects
The Grandmother	1970	Short sound effects
The Alphabet	1968	Short sound

Editor

Title	Year	Status
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series 12 episodes
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	2014
The 3 Rs	2011	Short
Lady Blue Shanghai	2010	Short
More Things That Happened	2007	Video
Boat	2007	Video short
Inland Empire	2006
Eraserhead	1977
The Alphabet	1968	Short

Visual Effects

Title	Year	Status	Character
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series vfx - 13 episodes

Composer

Title	Year	Status
Star	2014/III	Short
Bird of Flames	2012	Short
Lady Blue Shanghai	2010	Short
BlueBob: Thank You, Judge	1999	Video short
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted	1990	TV Movie
No Frank in Lumberton	1988	TV Movie documentary
Eraserhead	1977

Music Department

Title	Year	Status
Surveillance: The Watched Are Watching	2008	Video documentary short composer: song "Speed Roadster"
Mulholland Dr.	2001	composer: additional music
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch	1997	TV Movie documentary composer: additional music
Lost Highway	1997	composer: additional music - uncredited
Wild at Heart	1990	composer: additional music
Blue Velvet	1986	composer: additional music

Cinematographer

Title	Year	Status
The 3 Rs	2011	Short
Inland Empire	2006
Darkened Room	2002	Short
The Grandmother	1970	Short
The Alphabet	1968	Short

Editorial Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Twin Peaks	2017	TV Series additional editor - 5 episodes

Animation Department

Title	Year	Status
Does That Hurt You?	2002	Documentary short animator - segment "Dumbland"
The Grandmother	1970	Short animator
The Alphabet	1968	Short animator
Six Men Getting Sick	1966	Short animator

Art Department

Title	Year	Status
Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima	2010	Short set designer
Inland Empire	2006	construction team
In Pursuit of Treasure	1972	set painter

Special Effects

Title	Year	Status	Character
American Playhouse	1982	TV Series special effects assistant - 1 episode
Eraserhead	1977	special effects

Camera Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Inland Empire	2006	camera operator
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch	1997	TV Movie documentary still photographer - uncredited

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
I Don't Know Jack	2002	Documentary presenter
Six Men Getting Sick	1966	Short concept

Art Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Eraserhead	1977

Production Designer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Eraserhead	1977

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
The Room Mate	2006	Short special thanks
What Is It?	2005	thanks
Ellie Parker	2005	extra special thanks
#2: Drops	2004	Short thanks
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart'	2004	Video documentary short special thanks
Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch	2004	Video documentary short special thanks
Field Day	2004	Short special thanks
Dealer	2004/I	special thanks
Cabin Fever	2002	very special thanks
Reflections on the Phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks'	2002	Video documentary short special thanks
The Blockbuster Buster	2016	TV Series dedicatee - 1 episode
Kitsune	2016	Video short special thanks
The Swan Girl	2016	Short special thanks
David Lynch: The Art Life	2016	Documentary special thanks
The Scarapist	2015	special thanks
Love	2015/II	the director thanks
The Strange & Mysterious Life of Jackson Bean	2015	TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
My Beautiful Broken Brain	2014	Documentary special thanks
Zaratozom	2014	Short special thanks
Nanoman	2013	TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Lost in Vienna, Austria	2013	very special thanks
Louis C.K. Oh My God	2013	TV Special documentary thank you
Julie's Smile	2013	dedicatee
Tráiganme la Cabeza de la Mujer Metralleta	2012	acknowledgment
The Debridement of Rome	2012	Short acknowledgment
Godhood	2011	Short special thanks
Leah	2011	Short inspirational thanks
Pearl Jam Twenty	2011	Documentary special thanks
Confessions of a Kooky Cowboy	2011	Short special thanks
Box	2010	Short special thanks
Diligo Victum	2010	Short very special thanks
Petals	2010	inspiration from the works of
It's Over	2010	Short special thanks
Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown	2010	Documentary short special thanks
3rd Shift: Michael's Lament	2009	special thanks
Trasharella	2009	very special thanks
Iodine	2009	special thanks
Ad Hominem	2009	Short grateful acknowledgment
Lulu und Jimi	2009	dedicatee - as David L.
Theremin	2008	Short special thanks
A Reality Check for Miss Betty	2008	Short grateful acknowledgment
Le son de Lynch	2007	TV Short documentary special thanks
A Slice of Lynch	2007	Video documentary short special thanks
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks	2007	Video documentary special thanks
Dedication	2007	thanks
The Elevator Storeys	2006	Short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Untitled Moby Documentary	2017	Documentary filming
Rocksteppy	2017	completed	Himself
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound	2016	Documentary post-production	Himself
Blue Velvet Revisited	2016	Documentary	Himself
Rooted in Peace	2016	Documentary	Director
David Lynch: The Art Life	2016	Documentary	Himself
On Meditation	2016	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Reality of Truth	2016	Documentary	Himself
Brand: A Second Coming	2015	Documentary	Himself
My Beautiful Broken Brain	2014	Documentary	Himself
Between Two Worlds	2014	Video documentary	Himself
It's a Beautiful World	2014	Documentary	Himself
Duran Duran: Unstaged	2014	Video documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love	2014	TV Movie	Himself
How I Rock It	2013	TV Series	Himself
Días de cine	2013	TV Series	Himself
What Is Cinema?	2013	Documentary	Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks	2013	TV Special	Himself
American Masters	2013	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Art of Cinematography at Plus Camerimage	2013	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Beyond the Noise: My Transcendental Meditation Journey	2012	Documentary	Himself
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction	2012	Documentary	Himself
Undead Noise	2012	TV Series	Himself
Side by Side	2012	Documentary	Himself
Meditation, Creativity, Peace	2012	Documentary	Himself
America in Primetime	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself - Co-Creator, Twin Peaks
Transcendendo Lynch	2011	Documentary	Himself
When Lynch Met Lucas	2010	Video short	Himself (voice)
David Lynch Visits Oslo on the 50th Anniversary of Maharishi First Coming to Norway	2010	Documentary short	Himself
Henrik Möller Talks to David Lynch	2010	Video documentary short	Himself
Gomorron	2010	TV Series	Himself - Om meditation
2012: Time for Change	2010	Documentary	Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly	2010	TV Series	Himself
David Wants to Fly	2010	Documentary	Himself
Ariana Delawari: Lion of Panjshir	2010	Video short	Himself (voice, uncredited)
Imagine	2009	TV Series documentary	Himself
Great Directors	2009	Documentary	Himself
La traversée du désir	2009	Documentary	Himself
The Soul Detective	2009	Short	Himself
Il était une fois...	2008-2009	TV Series documentary	Himself
Legends	2008	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2008	TV Series	Himself
School of Thought	2008	Documentary short	Himself
Le son de Lynch	2007	TV Short documentary	Himself
David Lynch: A BAFTA Interview	2007	TV Movie	Himself
A Slice of Lynch	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Lynch	2007	Documentary	Himself
Tracks	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
Breakfast with the Arts	2007	TV Series	Himself
Esprits libres	2007	TV Series	Himself (Interview)
Den 11. time	2007	TV Series	Himself - Director
The Culture Show	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
Texas Monthly Talks	2007	TV Series	Himself - Interviewee
Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself - Honoree
Boat	2007	Video short	Himself
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com	2007	Video documentary	Himself
Working with Marilyn Manson	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan	2007	TV Series	Himself
Dusty Wright's Culture CatchCulture Catch	2005	TV Series	Himself
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream	2005	Documentary	Himself
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart'	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
Mulholland Drive: Making of	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
The Directors	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Celluloid Dreams	2002	Documentary	Himself
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments	2002	TV Special documentary	Himself
La semaine du cinéma	2002	TV Series	Himself
The Short Films of David Lynch	2002	Video documentary	Himself - Narrator
Die Harald Schmidt Show	2002	TV Series	Himself
I Don't Know Jack	2002	Documentary	Himself
The 74th Annual Academy Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
+ de cinéma	2001-2002	TV Series documentary short	Himself
The Screen Savers	2002	TV Series	Himself
Does That Hurt You?	2002	Documentary short	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1992-2001	TV Series	Himself
Eraserhead Stories	2001	Video documentary	Himself
Festival international de Cannes	2001	TV Series	Himself
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Biography	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Intimate Portrait	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story	1999	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Scene by Scene	1999	TV Series	Himself
The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch	1997	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder	1997	TV Series	Himself
Le cercle de minuit	1997	TV Series	Himself
Lumière et compagnie	1995	Documentary	Himself
Der Klang der Bilder	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff	1994	TV Short documentary	Himself
Cinéma, de notre temps	1993	TV Series documentary	Himself
Cinefile: Made in the USA	1993	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper	1991	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1991	TV Series	Himself
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch	1990	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1990	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1990	TV Series	Himself
Twin Peaks/Cop Rock: Behind the Scenes	1990	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Good Morning America	1990	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood Mavericks	1990	Documentary	Himself
No Frank in Lumberton	1988	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself - Presenter (uncredited)
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross	1987	TV Series	Himself
The Media Show	1987	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 59th Annual Academy Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself (uncredited)
Destination Dune	1984	TV Movie documentary	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Twin Peaks: El fenómeno cultural de los 90	2017	TV Movie documentary	Himself
EW Reunites	2017	TV Series documentary	Himself
National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts	2017	TV Series documentary short	Himself
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2014	TV Series	Himself
3615 Usul	2013	TV Mini-Series	Himself
Welcome to the Basement	2012-2013	TV Series	Himself
The Story of Film: An Odyssey	2011	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Pearl Jam Twenty	2011	Documentary	Himself
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Out	2011	Documentary	Himself
Eurodok 2011	2011	Documentary short	Himself
God morgen Norge	2010	TV Series	Himself
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes	2010	TV Movie documentary	Himself
El orfanato llega a Hollywood	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
British Film Forever	2007	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Edge of Outside	2006	Documentary	Himself
Un écran nommé désir	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Cinema mil	2005	TV Series	Himself
Mysteries of Love	2002	Video documentary	Himself

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2014	OFTA Film Hall of Fame	Online Film & Television Association	Creative
2013	Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2012	Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing	Camerimage
2007	Special Distinction Award	Independent Spirit Awards
2006	Career Golden Lion	Venice Film Festival
2006	Future Film Festival Digital Award	Venice Film Festival		Inland Empire (2006)
2003	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2003	Order - For the Contribution to Polish Culture	Camerimage
2003	Sant Jordi	Sant Jordi Awards	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2003	Lifetime Achievement Award	Stockholm Film Festival
2002	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Audience Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Audience Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	César	César Awards, France	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	BSFC Award	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	Best Director	Cannes Film Festival		Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	Fotogramas de Plata	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)	The Straight Story (1999)
2001	LAFCA Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	NYFCO Award	New York Film Critics, Online	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	NYFCO Award	New York Film Critics, Online	Best Screenplay, Original	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	Sant Jordi	Sant Jordi Awards	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)	The Straight Story (1999)
2001	TFCA Award	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	VVFP Award	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	VVFP Award	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Original Screenplay	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2000	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)	The Straight Story (1999)
2000	Special Award	Camerimage	Film Direction with a Special Visual Sensitivity
2000	Special Award	Camerimage	Best Duo: Director - Cinematographer
2000	Robert	Robert Festival	Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)	The Straight Story (1999)
1999	Screen International Award	European Film Awards		The Straight Story (1999)
1999	SDFCS Award	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	The Straight Story (1999)
1999	Silver Medallion Award	Telluride Film Festival, US
1998	Audience Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Lost Highway (1997)
1993	Life Career Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1992	Yoga Award	Yoga Awards	Worst Foreign Director	Wild at Heart (1990)
1991	Franklin J. Schaffner Award	American Film Institute, USA
1990	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Wild at Heart (1990)
1987	Grand Prize	Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival		Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	BSFC Award	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Director	Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	Fotogramas de Plata	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)	Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Director	Blue Velvet (1986)
1986	LAFCA Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Blue Velvet (1986)
1986	Caixa de Catalunya	Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival	Best Film	Blue Velvet (1986)
1982	César	César Awards, France	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)	The Elephant Man (1980)
1982	Critics Award	French Syndicate of Cinema Critics	Best Foreign Film	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	Grand Prize	Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival		The Elephant Man (1980)
1978	Antennae II Award	Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival		Eraserhead (1977)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2013	Critics' Choice TV Award	Critics Choice Television Awards	Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	Louie (2010)
2013	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Comedy Guest Actor	Louie (2010)
2011	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Life Achievement (Other)
2010	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Director of the Decade	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2010	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Original Screenplay of the Decade	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2007	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Director	Inland Empire (2006)
2006	Stinker Award	The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)	Inland Empire (2006)
2002	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Director - Motion Picture	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	AFI Award	AFI Awards, USA	Director of the Year	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Original Score	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	DFWFCA Award	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Edgar	Edgar Allan Poe Awards	Best Motion Picture	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	Silver Ribbon	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2002	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	Best Film	Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival		Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2000	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	The Straight Story (1999)
2000	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Director	The Straight Story (1999)
2000	Sierra Award	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	The Straight Story (1999)
1999	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		The Straight Story (1999)
1994	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Directing a Dramatic Series	Hotel Room (1993)
1993	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Writing	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
1992	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
1991	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	Wild at Heart (1990)
1991	Silver Ribbon	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)	Wild at Heart (1990)
1990	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Twin Peaks (1990)
1990	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music and Lyrics	Twin Peaks (1990)
1990	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	Twin Peaks (1990)
1990	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	Twin Peaks (1990)
1990	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Twin Peaks (1990)
1990	Bronze Horse	Stockholm Film Festival		Wild at Heart (1990)
1987	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Director	Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Director	Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Screenplay	Blue Velvet (1986)
1987	WGA Award (Screen)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Blue Velvet (1986)
1985	Hugo	Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation	Dune (1984)
1982	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	Eraserhead (1977)
1981	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Director	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Director - Motion Picture	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Direction	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Screenplay	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	The Elephant Man (1980)
1981	WGA Award (Screen)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium	The Elephant Man (1980)

2^nd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2006	ICP Award	Indiewire Critics' Poll	Best Director	Inland Empire (2006)
2002	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
2001	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director	Mulholland Dr. (2001)
1999	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director	The Straight Story (1999)
1986	LAFCA Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Screenplay	Blue Velvet (1986)

3^rd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1986	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director	Blue Velvet (1986)

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