David Lynch

David Lynch

Birth : 1946-01-20, Missoula, Montana, USA

History

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, and writer. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. Indeed, the surreal and in many cases violent elements to his films have earned them the reputation that they "disturb, offend or mystify" their audiences. Moving around various parts of the United States as a child within his middle class family, Lynch went on to study painting in Philadelphia, where he first made the transition to producing short films. Deciding to devote himself more fully to this medium, he moved to Los Angeles, where he produced his first motion picture, the surrealist horror Eraserhead (1977). After Eraserhead became a cult classic on the midnight movie circuit, Lynch was employed to direct The Elephant Man (1980), from which he gained mainstream success. Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films. First, the science-fiction epic Dune (1984), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet (1986), which was highly critically acclaimed. Proceeding to create his own television series with Mark Frost, the highly popular murder mystery Twin Peaks (1990–1992), he also created a cinematic prequel, Fire Walk With Me (1992), a road movie, Wild at Heart (1990), and a family film, The Straight Story (1999) in the same period. Turning further towards surrealist filmmaking, three of his following films worked on "dream logic" non-linear narrative structures, Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for his films The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and also received a screenplay Academy Award nomination for The Elephant Man. Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, 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. The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, the country's top civilian honor, as a Chevalier in 2002 and then an Officier in 2007, while that same year, The Guardian described Lynch as "the most important director of this era". Allmovie called him "the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking", whilst the success of his films have led to him being labelled "the first popular Surrealist".

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Movies

Full Transparency
Thanks
In a near-future Boston, an amateur stand up comedian with memory problems struggles to maintain his sobriety as he falls for his transgender best friend. After she rejects his affection, he hears of a company that can give him another chance with her. Introducing NuYou: a business that creates human clones for the modern day consumer.
This Is Sparklehorse
Self
An comprehensive look at the life and music of Mark Linkous, a influential figure in the alternative music scene. A dramatic life that saw him battle with dependency, paralysis, and mental illness that resulted in his eventual suicide.
The Fabelmans
John Ford
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Forbidden Love
Writer
Tom and greg are best friends.. but as time progresses, who knows? Maybe they could be more than that..
The Other Me
Executive Producer
The life of a young architect is thrown into turmoil when he's diagnosed with a rare eye disease. As his condition worsens, he questions his life and career choices, and his relationship to his frustrated wife becomes more strained.
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Director
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Moby Doc
Self
A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
An extensive interview with Palmer house owner and one-time Twin Peaks performer Mary Reber, with newly unearthed history and information about the home, and the behind the scenes surrounding the iconic location.
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
Self
An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks".
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self
Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fifty years later, he finds "Bungalow Bill" in Hawaii; connects with David Lynch about his own inner journey; as well as preeminent Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn; Academy Award nominated film composer, Laurence Rosenthal; and Pattie and Jenny Boyd. And much of this is due to Saltzman's own daughter, Devyani, reminding him that he had put away and forgotten these remarkably intimate photographs of that time in 1968.
The Adventures of Alan R.
Writer
This is a 90 second short film where a severed head on a black room type patterned floor repeats a statement about "not going fishing today."
The Adventures of Alan R.
Director
This is a 90 second short film where a severed head on a black room type patterned floor repeats a statement about "not going fishing today."
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
An exploration of the history, artistry and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
Fire
Art Designer
Lynch made the animation film Fire after the Polish-American composer Marek Zebrowski created a musical composition as a tribute to him.
Fire
Writer
Lynch made the animation film Fire after the Polish-American composer Marek Zebrowski created a musical composition as a tribute to him.
Fire
Director
Lynch made the animation film Fire after the Polish-American composer Marek Zebrowski created a musical composition as a tribute to him.
Ant Head
Sound
"A short video featuring my friends the ants along with cheese, etc. and one-and-a-half tracks from the Thought Gang album."
Ant Head
Director
"A short video featuring my friends the ants along with cheese, etc. and one-and-a-half tracks from the Thought Gang album."
Curtains Up
American auteur David Lynch opens up about the magic of the cinema in this new profile from Stella McCartney. Created by Lynch's son Austin Lynch and fine artist Case Simmons, the creative duo behind Los Angles-based studio Tête-à-Tête, their film offers us a rare insight into Lynch behind the lens, teaching us about his theory of film as well as his lifelong pursuit of transcendental meditation.
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Self
One week in the making of David Lynch's 2017 continuation of his groundbreaking television series TWIN PEAKS, capturing the cast and crew as they revisited several locations from the '90s original.
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Self
"Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon" is a three-part short documentary briefly chronicling the history of Twin Peaks. Produced and released on YouTube as part of the build-up to the premiere of the 2017 series, it was released on home video as part of Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series and Twin Peaks: From Z to A.
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Self
Behind the scenes of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, with a focus on the work of David Lynch directing the actors.
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Self
A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. This time focused in the planing and technical execution of some particular scenes.
A Pot of Boiling Oil
Self
A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. David Lynch interacts with his cast while they tell some stories.
Behind the Red Curtain
Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. Focused on the set creation of the Black Lodge scenes.
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
Two Blue Balls
Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
Bad Binoculars
Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Self
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
The Number of Completion
Self
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
The Polish Accountant
Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
Tell It Martin
Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Self
Documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Set Decoration
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Set Designer
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Music
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Sound Mixer
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Sound Designer
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Editor
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Writer
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Director
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
WHAT DID JACK DO?
Detective
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.
Lucky
Howard
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
The Black Ghiandola
Man In Black
The Black Ghiandola is a story about a young man risking his life to save a young girl he has grown to love, after his family has been killed in the Apocalyptic world of Zombies.
David Lynch: The Art Life
Self
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
Girlfriend's Day
Narrator (voice)
When he's caught up in a deadly conspiracy, an unemployed greeting card writer must create the perfect card for a new holiday to save his skin.
Rocksteppy
Himself
Phil and Colin Beverly are two inept small-town brothers with big dreams, and a song-and-dance rock group to take them there. When they learn of a 'performance competition' in Austin, Texas called South by Southwest, they set out on a cross-country journey, followed by a camera crew of student filmmakers who document their quest to the top! The top of what, they have no idea.
Along for the Ride
Self
A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.
Kitsune
Thanks
A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.
Shadows of Paradise
Since the death of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in February 2008, long-time practitioner of Transcendental Meditation and well-known film director David Lynch has been embraced as the movement’s chief international ambassador. Filmmaker Sebastian Lange, who himself was raised in the movement, presents an intimate look at this new phase in the movement’s evolution.
'Blue Velvet' Revisited
Self
When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film camera. Now, on Blue Velvet's 30th anniversary, Braatz presents his footage, along with still photographs, as a "meditation" on Lynch's work.
Psychogenic Fugue
Creative Consultant
Captures John Malkovich impersonating seven of David Lynch’s most popular characters, from Frank Booth of Blue Velvet to Special Agent Dale Cooper of Twin Peaks to even the Lady in the Radiator of Eraserhead.
On Meditation
Self
Peter Matthiessen, David Lynch, and Russell Simmons see among the many celebrity devotees interviewed in this case of Zen Buddhist meditation.
The Reality of Truth
Himself
In this documentary, "Zappy" Zapolin interviews spiritual gurus, celebrities, and people of various faiths about the relationship between spirituality, religion, and psychedelics—in their beliefs and in their experiences.
Rammstein in Amerika
Himself
The concert film celebrates the band’s legendary show in New York’s Madison Square Garden – Rammstein’s return to the US after a ten-year absence. In HD and 5.1 surround sound. For the documentary, Rammstein provided extensive, previously unreleased footage and photos from the band archive. In numerous interviews from various periods in the band’s history, the band members speak about their experiences across the Atlantic.
The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert
A made for TV concert film with Angelo Badalamenti, Moby, Karen O, Duran Duran, Donovan, Sky Ferreira, Chrysta Bell, and more performing music from David Lynch films.
Brand: A Second Coming
Himself
Comic Russell Brand uses drugs, sex and fame in a quest for happiness, only to find it remains elusive. As he explores iconic figures such as Gandhi, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Jesus, he transforms himself into a political antagonist.
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Executive Producer
A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after Lotje Sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. This feature documentary takes us on a genre-twisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite - from the devastating consequences of a first-time neurological experiment, through to the extraordinary revelations of her altered sensory perception.
My Beautiful Broken Brain
Self
A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after Lotje Sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. This feature documentary takes us on a genre-twisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite - from the devastating consequences of a first-time neurological experiment, through to the extraordinary revelations of her altered sensory perception.
Between Two Worlds
Self
"Between Two Worlds" is a featurette included in the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin Peaks: From Z to A Blu-ray releases. It features David Lynch interviewing Grace Zabriskie, Ray Wise and Sheryl Lee, first as their characters (Sarah Palmer, Leland Palmer, and Laura Palmer, respectively), then as themselves. The second portion of the featurette was later released in the Criterion Collection release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. The Palmer family interview was written by Lynch.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Gordon Cole
A feature-length compilation of deleted and extended scenes from the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Writer
A feature-length compilation of deleted and extended scenes from the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Editor
A feature-length compilation of deleted and extended scenes from the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Director
A feature-length compilation of deleted and extended scenes from the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
The 8th Floor
On the 8th floor of the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Raymond Depardon's film features a minute of silence with eight artists and scientists: David Lynch, Patti Smith, William Eggleston, Takeshi Kitano, Ron Mueck, Jean Michel Alberola, Agnès Varda and Misha Gromov.
It's a Beautiful World
Self
Richard Beymer first met David Lynch when Lynch cast him as Ben Horne in the series Twin Peaks. Years later, Lynch saw one of Richard's documentaries on the founder of Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and asked him to come to India to document a journey he was making tracing Maharishi's footsteps from one end of India to the other. This film is not just a record of their 10-day journey, it's also a rare and personal look at David Lynch "unplugged."
Duran Duran: Unstaged
Director
Duran Duran: Unstaged is a multimedia event that takes the audience on a cinematic journey with one of the most successful acts in the world during their performance at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Self
What Is Cinema?
Self
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Self
Stéphane Goudet is all over the Tati box-set as the preeminent Tati scholar, so it is only fitting that he conclude the disc with a half hour lecture that concludes the themes and methods of the filmmaker.
Idem Paris
Director
Filmed at the fine art printing studio in Paris, France, and "virtually wordless", it documents the lithographic process.
Memory Film
Short film made for the 7th annual Memory Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery in London
Memory Film
Director
Short film made for the 7th annual Memory Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery in London
Meditation Creativity Peace
Director
This documentary shot by film students follows David Lynch on a 16-country tour of Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America to spread the word about the individual and global impact of meditation. Meditation, Creativity, Peace shows the director’s commitment to Transcendental Meditation as way of changing the world, starting from within. The film also offers insight into Lynch’s creative process, through interviews and revealing moments from the tour.
Meditation Creativity Peace
Writer
This documentary shot by film students follows David Lynch on a 16-country tour of Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America to spread the word about the individual and global impact of meditation. Meditation, Creativity, Peace shows the director’s commitment to Transcendental Meditation as way of changing the world, starting from within. The film also offers insight into Lynch’s creative process, through interviews and revealing moments from the tour.
Meditation Creativity Peace
Self
This documentary shot by film students follows David Lynch on a 16-country tour of Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America to spread the word about the individual and global impact of meditation. Meditation, Creativity, Peace shows the director’s commitment to Transcendental Meditation as way of changing the world, starting from within. The film also offers insight into Lynch’s creative process, through interviews and revealing moments from the tour.
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.
Side by Side
Self
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
Dune: The Alternative Edition Redux
Director
A film that’s been admired, hated and puzzled-over in fairly equal amounts, writer/director David Lynch’s ambitious 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel gets an extensive fanediting treatment in Dune The Alternative Edition Redux. This is the third and final cut of an edit first released in 2008 and again in 2009 by faneditor spicediver. As previously, it draws on the heavily cut Theatrical Version, the controversial Extended “TV” Version and a selection of Deleted Scenes and soundtrack cues.
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Director
Fifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by David Lynch.
THE 3RS
Writer
One-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale).
THE 3RS
Cinematography
One-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale).
THE 3RS
Editor
One-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale).
THE 3RS
Director
One-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale).
I Touch a Red Button Man
Producer
A short animated film that accompanies Interpol's song "Lights".
I Touch a Red Button Man
Director
A short animated film that accompanies Interpol's song "Lights".
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
Himself
If South Park met Stig "Slas" Claesson directed by Staffan Westerberg.
2012: Time for Change
Self
2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.
Brunes et Blondes
Self
Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unexpected way, the film revisits this ultimate symbol of femininity in international cinema.
42 One Dream Rush
Director
An omnibus of 42 short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.
David Wants to Fly
A documentary. David Sieveking takes the advice of his idol, David Lynch and tries out Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's transcendental meditation technique.
When Lynch Met Lucas
This is an animated short made using audio of Film Director David Lynch telling the story of when he met George Lucas about possibly directing Return of The Jedi.
The Mystery of the Seeing Hand (Dream #7)
Director
David Lynch's 42-second short movie for the anthology film, 42 One Dream Rush (2010).
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Executive Producer
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
Peixe Vermelho
O Sábio
Great Directors
Self
Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera.
La Traversée du désir
Self
What was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to a wide circle of famous people.
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Director
A surreal short film that Lynch made for the 2008 Twin Peaks Festival. It only screened once and is in black and white. In this film, Lynch is speaking backwards in what looks to be a cross between the floors of Eraserhead and the Twin Peaks Red Room. Sitting next to him is a plastic doll with the face of Laura Palmer.
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Self
A surreal short film that Lynch made for the 2008 Twin Peaks Festival. It only screened once and is in black and white. In this film, Lynch is speaking backwards in what looks to be a cross between the floors of Eraserhead and the Twin Peaks Red Room. Sitting next to him is a plastic doll with the face of Laura Palmer.
Hollyshorts Greeting
Director
A fun short piece that Lynch presented as his acceptance for the Hollyshorts 2008 Visionary Award.
Hollyshorts Greeting
Himself
A fun short piece that Lynch presented as his acceptance for the Hollyshorts 2008 Visionary Award.
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas
Self
Surveillance
Executive Producer
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Crítico
Self (voice)
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Ballerina
Director
David Lynch turns this digital video of a ballerina into an impressionistic exercise.
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
A Slice of Lynch
Self
David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks" while seated at a diner counter.
Lynch (one)
Self
Rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of one of cinema's greatest directors. Footage was gathered over a two year period and documents David Lynch's many creative interests as well as his passion for filmmaking. It’s “abstract trip” which reveals new aspects of the personality and the cinematographic vision of one of the exceptional authors of contemporary cinema. Personal portrait of David Lynch and his creative universe.
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Director
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
Blue Green
Director
Blue Green is a surreal, ambient short "film" capturing the mood and the lone tone of a giant industrial setting. True to the Lynchian form, psychological feel takes precedence over coherence and logic of the plot, if any, and interpretation is completely open to the individual's perception.
More Things That Happened
Cinematography
A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror 'Inland Empire' .
More Things That Happened
Editor
A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror 'Inland Empire' .
David Lynch Cooks Quinoa
Producer
David Lynch prepares a delicious meal of quinoa, with enchanting stories, wonderful fun and wine.
David Lynch Cooks Quinoa
Writer
David Lynch prepares a delicious meal of quinoa, with enchanting stories, wonderful fun and wine.
David Lynch Cooks Quinoa
Self
David Lynch prepares a delicious meal of quinoa, with enchanting stories, wonderful fun and wine.
Lynch 2
Self
Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.
David Lynch Cooks Quinoa
Director
David Lynch prepares a delicious meal of quinoa, with enchanting stories, wonderful fun and wine.
More Things That Happened
Writer
A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror 'Inland Empire' .
More Things That Happened
Director
A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror 'Inland Empire' .
Boat
A journey into night.
Boat
Writer
A journey into night.
Boat
Director
A journey into night.
Steps
Director
A film about a flight of stairs. Directed by David Lynch.
Out Yonder — Teeth
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
Out Yonder — Teeth
Director
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
Out Yonder — Chicken
Director
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
Out Yonder — Chicken
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
Industrial Soundscape
Director
Music is produced by different objects in an industrial and desolate landscape.
Le son de Lynch
This documentary explores every facet of this job of complex and exciting sound which David Lynch leads since Eraserhead, his first film and matrix work. Picture lesson of this trip, they cross three points of view: that of the very film-maker, that of his closest collaborator in this domain, the compositor Angelo Badalamenti, and that of an acknowledged critic and specialist of sound in the cinema in general and David Lynch particularly, Michel Chion.
Bug Crawls
Director
In a solemn, haunted environment, a small bug crawls over the silhouette of a house.
Inland Empire
Bucky J
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
Sound Designer
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
Screenplay
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
Editor
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
Director of Photography
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
Producer
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
Director
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Himself
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Edge of Outside
Self (archive footage)
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.
What Is It?
Thanks
What Is It? is the name of a 2005 experimental film written, starring, funded and directed by Crispin Glover. As of 2008, the film has only been shown at independent theaters, typically accompanied by a question and answer session, slideshow and meet-and-greet/autograph signing with Glover.
David Lynch: 1985
Self
An interview with director David Lynch from 1985 on his 1984 film: Dune
Room to Dream: David Lynch and the Independent Filmmaker
Self
See and hear how the acclaimed director brings his unique vision to the screen with technologies that are now within easier reach for the independent filmmakers. Interspersed with behind the scenes footage from a recent project, Lynch muses on the art of filmmaking, offers wisdom to aspiring filmmakers, and shows you the power of today's tools to give you Room To Dream. Then take a closer look at how digital technologies can transform your approach to production. Using an Avid Xpress Studio HD system plus associated Digidesign and Softimage products, Room To Dream presents on-screen demonstrations--featuring clips from Lynch's project--that walk you through the pre and post production, editing, color correction, visual effects, tilting, final output, and more.
BlueBob Egg
Billy Groper
Before our very eyes, BlueBob gets arrested in broad daylight.
BlueBob Egg
Writer
Before our very eyes, BlueBob gets arrested in broad daylight.
BlueBob Egg
Director
Before our very eyes, BlueBob gets arrested in broad daylight.
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his chequered life and career, at the request of Dutch director, photographer and fine artist Thom Hoffman. The latter sifted through the turbulent life story of Hopper, who is primarily known from the cult film Easy Rider (1969). Hopper went through as many high as low points. In conveniently arranged chapters, Hoffman shows the decisive moments in Hopper's life and asks colleagues like Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel to comment on them. The documentary is richly illustrated with film excerpts, photos, newspaper articles and anecdotes. The main reason for this film was the retrospective of Dennis Hopper's art work in the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum in 2001.
The Making of: Mulholland Drive
Self
A short documentary about the making of David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.
Intervalometer Experiments
Director
Does That Hurt You?
Writer
A camera-eye is aimed at David Lynch's back while in Hanover a second one records the internet-stream, which connects the continents. a third one shoots parallely Agnieszka Jurek. she is interviewing Mr. Lynch.
Does That Hurt You?
self
A camera-eye is aimed at David Lynch's back while in Hanover a second one records the internet-stream, which connects the continents. a third one shoots parallely Agnieszka Jurek. she is interviewing Mr. Lynch.
Lamp
Director of Photography
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
Lamp
Producer
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
Lamp
Director
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
Lamp
Self
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hollywood, the meeting with James Dean and the influence he played upon him, his insubordination on sets and conflicts with the Hollywood directors which led to his black-listing, the years in New, the making of 'Easy Rider' (with an interesting connection of the ultimate road movie with the French new wave directors), 'Apocalypse Now', 'Blue Velvet', 'Colors', his fight with dependency on drugs and alcohol. We come to know Hopper as a complex artist, a valuable photographer who had always a camera on him and whose portraits or American life shots figure among the best in the genre, but also a rebel painter (who may still be rediscovered and become famous in posterity) and exquisite art collector.
Laura Palmer
Director
Against the backdrop of a silky, bubblegum-pink curtain, the abused, traumatised, and emotionally broken teenage homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, the pivotal character of Twin Peaks (1990), and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), seems lost in thought. What does she see? What does she hear? As the ill-fated student struggles to harness lingering questions, the haunting theme of Angelo Badalamenti intensifies the elaborate mystery, and the tragedy of loss concludes with a climactic close-up of the once-happy Laura Palmer.
Mysteries of Love
Self (archive footage)
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are interviewed for this 68-minute documentary about the making of David Lynch's Blue Velvet
The Pig Walks
Director
A pig walks.
The Short Films of David Lynch
Self
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) is a DVD collection of the early student and commissioned film work of American filmmaker David Lynch. As such, the collection does not include Lynch's later short work, which are listed in the filmography. The films are listed in chronological order, with brief descriptions of each film. The DVD contains introductions by Lynch to each film, which can be viewed individually or in sequence. # 1 Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times) # 2 The Alphabet # 3 The Grandmother # 4 The Amputee # 5 The Cowboy and the Frenchman # 6 Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
The Short Films of David Lynch
Screenplay
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) is a DVD collection of the early student and commissioned film work of American filmmaker David Lynch. As such, the collection does not include Lynch's later short work, which are listed in the filmography. The films are listed in chronological order, with brief descriptions of each film. The DVD contains introductions by Lynch to each film, which can be viewed individually or in sequence. # 1 Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times) # 2 The Alphabet # 3 The Grandmother # 4 The Amputee # 5 The Cowboy and the Frenchman # 6 Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
The Short Films of David Lynch
Writer
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) is a DVD collection of the early student and commissioned film work of American filmmaker David Lynch. As such, the collection does not include Lynch's later short work, which are listed in the filmography. The films are listed in chronological order, with brief descriptions of each film. The DVD contains introductions by Lynch to each film, which can be viewed individually or in sequence. # 1 Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times) # 2 The Alphabet # 3 The Grandmother # 4 The Amputee # 5 The Cowboy and the Frenchman # 6 Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
The Short Films of David Lynch
Director
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) is a DVD collection of the early student and commissioned film work of American filmmaker David Lynch. As such, the collection does not include Lynch's later short work, which are listed in the filmography. The films are listed in chronological order, with brief descriptions of each film. The DVD contains introductions by Lynch to each film, which can be viewed individually or in sequence. # 1 Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times) # 2 The Alphabet # 3 The Grandmother # 4 The Amputee # 5 The Cowboy and the Frenchman # 6 Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
Darkened Room
Writer
Two young women find themselves in a dark room where there is a distinctly strange feeling.
Darkened Room
Director
Two young women find themselves in a dark room where there is a distinctly strange feeling.
I Don't Know Jack
Self
Feature documentary about actor Jack Nance, who rose to prominence after starring in the cult classic 1977 film, "Eraserhead".
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Producer
The Disc of Sorrow gets installed.
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Writer
The Disc of Sorrow gets installed.
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
The Disc of Sorrow gets installed.
Factory Mask
Director
Suddenly, in the cramped boiler room, a pressure-relief valve opens and discharges steam. Then, a certified technician approaches to perform a routine check. But, is he wearing his factory mask?
Coyote
Editor
A short film by David Lynch. A coyote somehow finds a way to a motel room.
Coyote
Writer
A short film by David Lynch. A coyote somehow finds a way to a motel room.
Coyote
Director
A short film by David Lynch. A coyote somehow finds a way to a motel room.
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Director
The Disc of Sorrow gets installed.
Dead Mouse with Ants
Director
Features a dead mouse with ants on it.
Rabbits
Screenplay
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.
Rabbits
Director
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.
Head with Hammer
Director
Short Lynch directed animation.
Eraserhead Stories
Director
David Lynch discusses the making of the film "Eraserhead."
Eraserhead Stories
Self
David Lynch discusses the making of the film "Eraserhead."
Pierre and Sonny Jim
Director
Life can be hard on planet Earth, especially when you're running out of air.
Mulholland Drive
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Mulholland Drive
Sound Designer
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Mulholland Drive
Writer
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Mulholland Drive
Director
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
Roy Orbison - In Dreams is the ultimate exclusive music documentary of the life of Roy Orbison. It provides in-depth insights into his legendary career with classic performances, personal home movies and photos, location footage and interviews with the great and the humble that he touched with his music.
Mulholland Dr.
Executive Producer
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.
Mulholland Dr.
Writer
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.
Mulholland Dr.
Director
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Himself
Pointing to the increasingly blurred distinction between reality and fiction in the world today, Dennis Hopper leads a discussion on the methods used by advertisers, as well as the responsibilities of ad-makers. The biggest names in the business have their say on shock, humour, and sex as methods of selling.
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Music
An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and various other works of art. Features interview footage and commentary by family members, friends, fans, and people he's worked with, as well as behind-the-scenes antics of some of his most critically praised efforts.
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Self
An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and various other works of art. Features interview footage and commentary by family members, friends, fans, and people he's worked with, as well as behind-the-scenes antics of some of his most critically praised efforts.
Lost Highway
Writer
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Lost Highway
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Lost Highway
Sound Designer
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Lost Highway
Director
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Himself
An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face stylistic conventions of commercials have influenced feature films and the visual arts. A documentary film talking about art and advertising divided in three parts: 1. Crossing Over - from cinema to ads from ads to cinema 2. Humour - How humour affects us in advertising 3. Shock - The way shock is used to sell
Lumière and Company
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Crumb
Producer
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
Director
A short film, by David Lynch, about the events following a murder
Nadja
Morgue Receptionist
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Nadja
Executive Producer
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Himself
Don van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked about, admired, copied, treasured, loved and quoted musicians and yet he is still an obscure and mysterious artist. His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982 and his consequent move from the desert to the ocean meant even less direct contact with the outside world than before. Subsequently there is very little information about Don from this time onwards and this short black-and-white film made in 1993 is an unique opportunity to see and hear this unique man
Made in the USA
Self
A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Original Series Creator
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Writer
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound Designer
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Executive Producer
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Gordon Cole
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Director
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Producer
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Executive Producer
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
The King of Ads
Director
A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
Hollywood's controversial creative genius, whose career spans multiple generations of moviegoers, is profiled in "Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper."
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Producer
After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Director
After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.
Hollywood Mavericks
Himself
A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..
Wild at Heart
Screenplay
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
Wild at Heart
Author
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
Wild at Heart
Director
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
Twin Peaks
Executive Producer
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Twin Peaks
Writer
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Twin Peaks
Director
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Self
A documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series.
The French as Seen by…
Director
In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.
Zelly and Me
Willie
A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her French nanny seeks out the help of a rich suitor to take her and the orphan away when she realizes that the grandmother cannot offer the orphan the love that she needs.
Les Gaulois
Writer
Two segments make up this short film. The first portion called “The French” has two men taste testing some delicious wine, and the other, titled “The Gauls”, is of men playing rugby. This short by Werner Herzog is part of the “The French as Seen By…” series. It was initiated and sponsored by the newspaper Le Figaro, as part of the 1988 celebration of the tenth anniversary of its magazine section.
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Writer
A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.
No Frank in Lumberton
A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1985 by Peter Braatz.
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Director
A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
Himself
Television documentary from BBCs Arena program in which David Lynch, fresh off the release of Blue Velvet, examines his surrealistic influences in cinema which excerpts from several classics works of the avant-garde
Blue Velvet
Screenplay
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Blue Velvet
Director
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Dune
Spice Miner (uncredited)
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Arrakis—the only place where the space-travel substance Melange 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.
Dune
Screenplay
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Arrakis—the only place where the space-travel substance Melange 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.
Dune
Director
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Arrakis—the only place where the space-travel substance Melange 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.
Destination Dune
Self
A short documentary that was originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity events in the lead-up to its release.
The Elephant Man
Sound Designer
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Elephant Man
Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Elephant Man
Screenplay
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Elephant Man
Director
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Heart Beat
Painter
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.
Eraserhead
Sound Effects
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Director
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Special Effects
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Art Direction
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Production Design
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Editor
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Original Music Composer
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Producer
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Eraserhead
Screenplay
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
The Amputee
Writer
A double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps.
The Amputee
Nurse
A double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps.
The Amputee
Director
A double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps.
The Grandmother
Camera Operator
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
The Grandmother
Animation
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
The Grandmother
Screenplay
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
The Grandmother
Script
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
The Grandmother
Director
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
The Alphabet
Animation
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
The Alphabet
Director of Photography
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
The Alphabet
Sound
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
The Alphabet
Writer
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
The Alphabet
Director
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Early Experiments
Editor
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
Early Experiments
Writer
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
Early Experiments
Cinematography
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
Early Experiments
Producer
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
Early Experiments
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
Early Experiments
Director
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
Absurd Encounter with Fear
Director
A man approaches a woman in a field.
Fictitious Anacin Commercial
Director
A fictitious advertisement for a real product by David Lynch.
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Bush's King's Cruiser. This was David Lynch's very first film, which he prefers to call a "home movie". It depicts a man, a painter, who changed David's life forever pursuing the artist's life, which he continues to this day.
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Camera Operator
In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Bush's King's Cruiser. This was David Lynch's very first film, which he prefers to call a "home movie". It depicts a man, a painter, who changed David's life forever pursuing the artist's life, which he continues to this day.
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Director
In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Bush's King's Cruiser. This was David Lynch's very first film, which he prefers to call a "home movie". It depicts a man, a painter, who changed David's life forever pursuing the artist's life, which he continues to this day.
Six Men Getting Sick
Director
Lynch's first film project consists of a loop of six people vomiting projected on to a special sculptured screen featuring twisted three-dimensional faces.
Untitled David Lynch Film
Director
An upcoming film from director David Lynch, highly speculated to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Laura Dern will star in the film as either a cameo or a supporting role, alongside other Lynch regulars.
The Classroom
Animation
THE BATTLES WE FACE ARE AGAINST OURSELVES. A student at Scunthorpe Academy turns into a psychopathic murderer.
Come and See: Part 2
Director
The sequel to the hit film "Come and See" (1985)
Zack Snyder's Yousif-San
Screenstory
Known mastermind 'Yousif "Hamza" San' gets his revenge on President Tatepuft.
L'Image Originelle - David Lynch
The original image or the first image. That of the first film, that of all the promises. The matrix image announcing all those to come. The history of cinema is full of legendary first movies, master strokes rather than test shots. There is a lot to be learned from the early plants of estrean directors who later became great filmmakers.