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| Born | David Keith Lynch January 20, 1946 Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
| Other names | Judas Booth |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
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| Style | nonlinear, psychological thriller, neo-noir, surrealistic, psychological horror, black humour, psychological drama, experimental |
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| Children | 4, including Jennifer |
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David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, actor[1] and philanthropist. Lynch has received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities. He has received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019.[2] 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 important film-maker of the current era."[3]
Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s. His first feature-length film was Eraserhead (1977), which saw success as a midnight movie. He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001).[4] His film Wild at Heart (1990) earned the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or. Other notable films include Dune (1984), Lost Highway (1997), and Inland Empire (2006). Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), and Lynch co-wrote and directed its film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and the limited series Twin Peaks: The Return (2017).[5] He also portrayed Gordon Cole in the Twin Peaks projects.
Lynch's other artistic endeavors include his work as a musician, encompassing the studio albums BlueBOB (2001), Crazy Clown Time (2011), and The Big Dream (2013) as well as painting[6] and photography.[7] He has written the books Images (1994), Catching the Big Fish (2006), and Room to Dream (2018).[8] He has also directed several music videos for artists such as Chris Isaak, X Japan, Moby, Interpol, Nine Inch Nails, and Donovan, and commercials for Calvin Klein, Dior, L'Oreal, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and the New York City Department of Sanitation. A practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM), he founded the David Lynch Foundation, which seeks to fund the teaching of TM in schools and has since widened its scope to other at-risk populations, including the homeless, veterans, and refugees in 2005.[9][10]
- ^ Murphy, J. Kim (February 4, 2022). "David Lynch Joins Cast of Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "David Lynch Gave the Shortest Oscar Acceptance Speech". Vanity Fair. October 28, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "40 best directors". The Guardian Online. London. 2007. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
- ^ charitybuzz (2012). "Have 3-Time Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker David Lynch Review Your Screenplay in LA". charitybuzz. Charitybuzz Inc. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ Jackson, Matthew (June 19, 2018). "DAVID LYNCH EXPLAINS WHY HE LEFT AND THEN RETURNED TO THE TWIN PEAKS REVIVAL". SYFY Wire. SyFy. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Wolf, Shira (April 23, 2020). "The Other David Lynch – The Paintings of Contemporary Cinema's Master of Surrealism". Artland Magazine. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Far Out Staff (June 9, 2019). "The mysterious world of David Lynch's photographs of old factories". Far Out Magazine. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "David Lynch's Books". Maharishi International University. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "How the David Lynch Foundation helps people who have experienced homelessness". The Big Issue. July 3, 2019. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Hoffman, Claire (February 22, 2013). "David Lynch Is Back … as a Guru of Transcendental Meditation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2020.