Personal Info
- Born
- Jan 20, 1946
- Age
- 80
- Nationality
- American
- Native Lang
- English
- Data Reliability
- 52%
Known For
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?Work (2014)Artist • 2014
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?Work (2014)Actor • 2014
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?Work (2012)Actor • 2012
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?Work (2012)Actor • 2012
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?Work (2006)Actor • 2006
Biography
Detailed profile & career
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, actor, painter, and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, with his films often characterized by a distinctive surrealist sensibility that g...
Biography & Career
In a professional journey spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, an Academy Honorary Award, and a (posthumous) Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. Initially aspiring to become a painter, Lynch began creating short films out of a desire to effect movement in his paintings. He made his feature film debut with the surrealist body horror film Eraserhead (1977), which took him five years to make due to financial issues and slowly found success as a midnight movie. He garnered critical acclaim for the biographical drama film The Elephant Man (1980) and the neo-noir mystery films Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001), all three of which earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. His romantic crime drama film Wild at Heart (1990) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the neo-noir horror film Lost Highway (1997), the comedy-drama film The Straight Story (1999), and the experimental psychological horror film Inland Empire (2006), his last feature film.
Key Milestones
- 1997: Career Milestone
- 2006: Career Milestone
- 2012: Career Milestone
- 2014: Career Milestone
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