"I like trees and I love wood. I like to cut wood. Tonight, we’re going to a place where the trees are primarily Douglas firs.
Douglas firs are a beautiful tree and if we’re very quiet, we can hear the wind rustling the needles as we move through the forest, getting closer and closer. And now, we’re here.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the world of Twin Peaks!"
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker and visual artist who co-created Twin Peaks with Mark Frost. He also co-wrote and directed the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the series' 2017 revival, and appeared in the series as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole.
Selective biography[]
David Lynch's films are known for nightmarish and dreamlike images and meticulous sound design. Lynch's work often depicts a seedy underside to small-town America (particularly Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks) or sprawling California metropolises (Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and, Inland Empire). Beginning with his experimental film-school feature Eraserhead (1977), he has maintained a strong cult following while experiencing inconsistent commercial success.
Lynch married his first wife Peggy Lynch in 1967 with whom he had his first child Jennifer Lynch. He then married Mary Fisk in 1977 with whom he had Austin Jack Lynch. He then spoused Mary Sweeney in 2006 with whom he had Riley Lynch and finally Emily Stofle in 2009.
Lynch is known to wear a neon yellow wristwatch even in stiff situations.[1][2] He tried many forms of art, beginning as a painter student. At the time, during breakfast at the studio of his friend Bushnell Keeler, he discovered that he and David Keeler drank coffee made with a bar of soap in the percolator. He later carved himself a guitar which he used for his musical pieces and albums.[3]
Director filmography[]
Year | Film | Oscars | BAFTA | Golden Globe | Cannes Festival | ||||
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Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | ||||
1977 | Eraserhead | ||||||||
1980 | The Elephant Man | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
1984 | Dune | 1 | |||||||
1986 | Blue Velvet | 1 | 2 | ||||||
1990 | Wild at Heart | 1 | 1 | 1 | Palme d'Or | ||||
1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | ||||||||
1997 | Lost Highway | ||||||||
1999 | The Straight Story | 1 | 2 | ||||||
2001 | Mulholland Drive | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Best Director (Cannes Film Festival) | |||
2006 | Inland Empire | Best Director (Cannes Film Festival) |
Short films[]
- Six Men Getting Sick (1966) - available on The Short Films of David Lynch DVD
- Sailing with Bushnell Keeler (1967) - made available by Toby Keeler on YouTube
- Absurd Encounter with Fear (1967) - available on The Lime Green Set DVD
- Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967) - available on The Lime Green Set DVD
- The Alphabet (1968) - available on The Short Films of David Lynch DVD
- The Grandmother (1970) - available on The Short Films of David Lynch DVD
- The Amputee (1974) - available on The Short Films of David Lynch DVD
- The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) - available on The Short Films of David Lynch DVD
- Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) - available on The Lime Green Set DVD
- Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995) - available on The Short Films of David Lynch DVD
- Darkened Room (2002) - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Ballerina (2006) - available on the Inland Empire DVD
- Quinoa (2006) - available on the Inland Empire DVD
- Absurda (2006) - Lime Green Set
- David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007)
- Boat (2007) - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Lamp - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Industrial Soundscape (2007) - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Bug Crawls (2007) - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Inveralometer Experiments - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Members Questions - available on the Dynamic: 01 DVD
- Blue Green (2007)
- Pierre and Sonny Jim
- Steps
- Scissors (2008) - available on The Lime Green Set DVD
- Dream #7 (2009) - OneDreamRush
- Lady Blue Shanghai (2010)
- Idem Paris (2013)
- David Lynch's Comic-Con Message (2017)
- What Did Jack Do? (2017)
Television series[]
Year | Series | Episodes |
---|---|---|
1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | 30 (6 as director) |
1992 | On the Air | 7 (1 as director) |
1993 | Hotel Room | 3 (2 as director) |
2017 | Twin Peaks | 18 |
Online series[]
Year | Series | Episodes | Available on DVD |
---|---|---|---|
2002 | Rabbits | 4 (originally edited as 8) | The Lime Green Set DVD |
2002 | Dumbland |
|
The Lime Green Set DVD |
2002 | Out Yonder |
|
The Lime Green Set DVD,
"Neighbor Boy" episode on the Dynamic: 01 DVD |
2005-2010, 2020-2022 | David Lynch's Weather Report | 950 | |
2020-2022 | Today's Number Is... | 850 | |
2020-2022 | What Is David Working on Today? | 16 |
Music videos[]
Year | Song | Musician |
---|---|---|
1990 | "Wicked Game" (film version) | Chris Isaak |
1992 | "A Real Indication" | Angelo Badalamenti |
1995 | "Longing" | Yoshiki |
1997 | "Rammstein" | Rammstein |
1999 | "Thank you Judge" | BlueBOB |
2009 | "Shot in the Back of the Head" | Moby |
2010 | "I Touch a Red Button Man" | Interpol |
2011 | "Crazy Clown Time" | David Lynch |
2011 | "I Have A Radio" | David Lynch |
2013 | "Came Back Haunted" | Nine Inch Nails |
2021 | "I Am The Shaman" | Donovan |
2021 | “Gimme Some A That” | Donovan |
Commercials[]
- Obsession by Calvin Klein (1988)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- DH Lawrence
- Asymmetrical Productions (1991)
- Georgia Coffee (1991)
- Michael Jackson Dangerous Short Films Intro (1991)
- New York Dept of Sanitation (1991)
- We Care About New York
- Gio by Armani (1992)
- Who is Gio?
- Opium by Yves Saint Laurent (1992)
- Alka Seltzer Plus (1993)
- Tresor by Lancome Paris (1993)
- Barilla Pasta (1993)
- Adidas
- the Wall (1993)
- American Cancer Society (1993)
- Revealed
- Background by Jil Sander (1993)
- The Instinct of Life
- Sun Moon Stars by Lagerfield (1994)
- Sci Fi Channel (1997)
- Aunt Droid
- Nuclear Winter
- Rocket
- Clearblue Easy (1997)
- Parisienne cigarettes (1998)
- Parisienne People
- PlayStation 2 (2000)
- Welcome to the Third Place
- Nissan Micra (2002)
- Do you speak Micra?
- Gucci by Gucci (2007)
- Dior (2010)
- Lady Blue Shanghai
- David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee (2011)
- Vienna International Film festival (2011)
- Louboutin Rouge (2014)
- "Small Stories" art exhibition (2014)
Actor filmography[]
- Heart Beat
- The Elephant Man (extra)
- Dune (cameo)
- Zelly & Me
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Nadja (cameo)
- Lost Highway
- Island Empire
- Girlfriend's Day
- Lucky
- The Fabelmans
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- BlueBOB (2001)
- Crazy Clown Time (2011)
- The Big Dream (2013)
Collaborative albums[]
- Lux Vivens (with Jocelyn Montgomery) (1998)
- The Air Is On Fire (with Dean Hurley) (2007)
- Polish Night Music (with Marek Zebrowski) (2007)
- This Train (with Chrysta Bell) (2011)
- Somewhere in the Nowhere (with Chrysta Bell) (2016)
- Thought Gang (with Angelo Badalamenti) (recorded 1992/93) (2018)
Awards and nominations[]
- 1981: Best Director (The Elephant Man, nominated)
- 1981: Best Adapted Screenplay (The Elephant Man, nominated)
- 1987: Best Director (Blue Velvet, nominated)
- 2002: Best Director (Mulholland Dr., nominated)
- 1981: Best Direction (The Elephant Man, nominated)
- 1981: Best Screenplay (The Elephant Man, nominated)
- 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)
- 1981: Best Director (The Elephant Man, nominated)
- 1987: Best Screenplay (Blue Velvet, nominated)
- 2002: Best Director (Mulholland Dr., nominated)
- 2002: Best Screenplay (Mulholland Dr., nominated)
- 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)
- 1993: Best Writing (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, nominated)
- 1993: Life Career Award (won)
- 2002: Best Director (Mulholland Dr., nominated)
- 2006: Future Film Festival Digital Award (Inland Empire won)
- 2006: Career Golden Lion (won)
- 1981: Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium (The Elephant Man, nominated)
- 1987: Best Original Screenplay (Blue Velvet, nominated)
Further reading[]
- David Lynch: Interviews, a collection of interviews with Lynch from 1977 to 2008, edited by Richard A. Barney for the series Conversations with Filmmakers (University Press of Mississippi, 2009, ISBN 1604732377 [paperback], ISBN 1604732369 [hardback]). This volume covers topics that include Lynch's filmmaking, furniture design, painting, and music career.
- Lynch on Lynch, a book of interviews with Lynch, conducted, edited, and introduced by filmmaker Chris Rodley (Faber & Faber Ltd., 1997, ISBN 0-571-19548-2; revised edition published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2005, ISBN 0-571-22018-5).
- The Passion of David Lynch: Wild at Heart in Hollywood by Martha Nochimson (University of Texas Press, 1997, ISBN 0-292-75565-1).
- The Complete Lynch by David Hughes (Virgin Virgin, 2002, ISBN 0-7535-0598-3).
- Weirdsville U.S.A.: The Obsessive Universe of David Lynch by Paul A. Woods (Plexus Publishing. UK, Reprint edition, 2000, ISBN 0-85965-291-2).
- David Lynch (Twayne's Filmmakers Series) by Kenneth C. Kaleta (Twayne Publishers, 1992, ISBN 0-8057-9323-2).
- Pervert in the Pulpit: Morality in the Works of David Lynch by Jeff Johnson (McFarland & Company, 2004, ISBN 0-7864-1753-6).
- Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2006, ISBN 1585425400 / 978-1585425402).
- Snowmen by David Lynch (Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86521-467-6).
- David Lynch: Beautiful Dark by Greg Olson (Scarecrow Press, 2008, ISBN 0-8108-5917-3).
- The Film Paintings of David Lynch: Challenging Film Theory by Allister Mactaggart (Intellect, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84150-332-5).
- David Lynch - Un cinéma du maléfique, by Enrique Seknadje, Editions Camion Noir, 2010. ISBN 978-2-35779-086-5
References[]
- ↑ GQ interview with David Lynch
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly issue #1459, March 31, 2017
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly interview
External links[]
- Official website
- David Lynch Foundation: Education: Transcendental Meditation
- David Lynch at the Internet Movie Database
- David Lynch at Allmovie
- David Lynch at Moviefone
- David Lynch at Rotten Tomatoes
- Site about the Artwork of Lynch
- Bibliography of books and articles about Lynch via UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
- David Lynch on Twitter
Interviews[]
Interviews[]
Fansites[]
- lynchtexture.blogspot.com Articles, commentary, images and information pertaining to the studio art of David Lynch
- Dugpa.com Weekly News regarding David Lynch, Lynch Films on DVD, and Lynch Related Music Releases]
- World of David Lynch - Virtual journey through the movies of David Lynch.
- The City of Absurdity - The Mysterious World of David Lynch, contains information on his films, paintings and other projects, also interviews, photo galleries, etc.
- TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe.com - A David Lynch/Twin Peaks informational site/blog