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David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, painter, musician, singer, sound designer, photographer, and actor. He is best known for writing and directing films such as Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001), which are often regarded by critics as among the best films of their respective decades, and for his successful television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991). These works led to him being labeled "the first popular Surrealist" by film critic Pauline Kael. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, he has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and has won the César Award for Best Foreign Film twice, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival. He has been described by The Guardian as "the most important director of this era", while AllMovie called him "the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking".
Birth Name
David Keith Lynch
Born
Sunday, 20 January 1946
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Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità | Self | 2023 |
Lynch/Oz | Self / Gordon Cole | 2022 |
The Fabelmans | John Ford | 2022 |
A Fall from Grace | William Tabb | 2021 |
Moby Doc | Self | 2021 |
This Is Pop | Self - Filmmaker | 2021 |
Meeting the Beatles in India | Self | 2020 |
What Is David Working on Today? | Self | 2020 |
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Self | 2019 |
Why Are We Creative: The Centipede's Dilemma | Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Other Me | 2022 |
A Fall from Grace | 2021 |
What Is David Working on Today? | 2020 |
My Beautiful Broken Brain | 2016 |
I Touch a Red Button Man | 2011 |
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | 2009 |
Surveillance | 2008 |
Inland Empire | 2006 |
Mulholland Dr. | 1999 |
Nadja | 1994 |
Crumb | 1994 |
Hotel Room | 1993 |
On the Air | 1992 |
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 |
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time | 1992 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | 1991 |
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted | 1990 |
Twin Peaks | 1990 |
Twin Peaks | 1989 |
Eraserhead | 1978 |
The Amputee | 1974 |
The Grandmother | 1970 |
Six Men Getting Sick | 1967 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special | Nominated |
2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
2002 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
2002 | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Nominated |
2002 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Music and Lyrics | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1987 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1987 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1981 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1981 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
1981 | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Nominated |