David Lynch

Regista, Attore, Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Montatore, Compositore

20 gennaio 1946 — 16 gennaio 2025 (78 anni)
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Lynch received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities. In his 58-year career, he was awarded numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. 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 filmmaker of the current era."

Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s. His first feature-length film was the independent surrealist film Eraserhead (1977), which saw success as a midnight movie. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the biographical drama The Elephant Man (1980) and the mystery films Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001). His romantic crime drama Wild at Heart (1990) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the space opera adaptation Dune (1984), the surrealist neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), the biographical drama The Straight Story (1999), and the experimental film Inland Empire (2006).

Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC series Twin Peaks (1990–91), for which Lynch was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Lynch co-wrote and directed its film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), and its limited series revival (2017). He has also worked as an actor, including his portrayals of FBI agent Gordon Cole in Twin Peaks and director John Ford in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022), as well as guest roles in TV series such as The Cleveland Show (2010–13), Louie (2012), and Robot Chicken (2020, 2022).

Lynch's other artistic endeavours included his work as a musician, encompassing the studio albums BlueBOB (2001), Crazy Clown Time (2011), and The Big Dream (2013), as well as painting and photography. He has written the books Images (1994), Catching the Big Fish (2006), and Room to Dream (2018). He has 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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Velluto blu
    Velluto blu1986
  • Eraserhead - La mente che cancella
    Eraserhead - La mente che cancella1977
  • Inland Empire - L'impero della mente
    Inland Empire - L'impero della mente2006
  • The Other Me
    The Other Me2022
  • In India con i Beatles
    In India con i Beatles2020

Famoso per

  • Mulholland Drive
    Mulholland Drive2001
  • The Elephant Man
    The Elephant Man1980
  • I segreti di Twin Peaks
    I segreti di Twin Peaks3 stagioni
  • Velluto blu
    Velluto blu1986
  • Dune
    Dune1984
  • Cuore selvaggio
    Cuore selvaggio1990
  • Twin Peaks: Fuoco cammina con me
    Twin Peaks: Fuoco cammina con me1992
  • Eraserhead - La mente che cancella
    Eraserhead - La mente che cancella1977
  • Una storia vera
    Una storia vera1999
  • Inland Empire - L'impero della mente
    Inland Empire - L'impero della mente2006
  • Strade perdute
    Strade perdute1997
  • What Did Jack Do?
    What Did Jack Do?2017
  • Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
    Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces2014
  • Lucky
    Lucky2017
  • Mulholland Dr.
    Mulholland Dr.1999
  • Surveillance
    Surveillance2008
  • The Alphabet
    The Alphabet1969
  • La nonna
    La nonna1970
  • Six Men Getting Sick
    Six Men Getting Sick1967

Filmografia