David Lynch is an acclaimed American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor, often hailed as a visionary. His films are celebrated for their surrealist and experimental nature. Spanning over five decades, Lynch's career has garnered numerous awards, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and an Academy Honorary Award. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
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In 1943, Meshes of the Afternoon was released, and has since been recognized as a possible influence on Lynch's work.
David Keith Lynch was born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana.
In 1950, Sunset Boulevard was released, later becoming one of David Lynch's favorite movies.
In 1952, David Lynch saw his first film, Henry King's "Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie".
In 1953, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday was released, later becoming one of David Lynch's favorite movies.
In 1954, Rear Window was released, later becoming one of David Lynch's favorite movies.
In 1962, Lolita and Carnival of Souls were released, later becoming films admired by David Lynch.
In 1963, 8½ was released, later becoming one of David Lynch's favorite movies.
In 1963, David Lynch was the first in his school to learn of John F. Kennedy's assassination, as he was working on a display case rather than attending class.
In 1965, Frank Herbert's science fiction novel Dune was written, which David Lynch would later adapt into a film. Lynch built sets for the film, particularly enjoying the one for Giedi Prime using "steel, bolts, and porcelain".
David Lynch made his first short film, Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times) in 1967 at the Pennsylvania Academy, inspired by a desire to see his paintings move.
In 1967, David Lynch married fellow student Peggy Reavey in Philadelphia.
In January 1968, David Lynch married Peggy Reavey, and they had one child.
In 1968, David Lynch created the four-minute short film "The Alphabet", starring his wife Peggy.
In 1968, The Beatles, particularly John Lennon, practiced Transcendental Meditation during their visit to India, as discussed by David Lynch in 2024.
In 1970, David Lynch moved to Los Angeles with his family and began studying filmmaking at the AFI Conservatory.
In 1970, Deep End was released, which David Lynch cited as an influence on his work.
On May 29, 1972, David Lynch began filming "Eraserhead" at night in abandoned stables with a small team.
In July 1973, David Lynch was initiated into Transcendental Meditation and practiced it consistently thereafter.
In 1973, David Lynch started developing ideas that would later become the film Blue Velvet. The story, set in Lumberton, North Carolina, revolves around a college student who discovers a severed ear and uncovers a criminal gang.
In 1973, David Lynch's sister suggested he try Transcendental Meditation, which he has practiced ever since.
During a break in the filming of Eraserhead in 1974, David Lynch made "The Amputee" to test different film stocks for AFI.
In 1974, David Lynch and Peggy Reavey divorced.
In 1975, David Lynch met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of the TM movement, for the first time in Los Angeles.
In 1976, David Lynch finished filming "Eraserhead", a film influenced by the fearful mood of Philadelphia.
In June 1977, David Lynch married Mary Fisk, and they had one child.
In 1977, Ben Barenholtz helped distribute "Eraserhead" around the United States, leading to its popularity on the midnight movie circuit.
In 1977, David Lynch married Mary Fisk, Jack Fisk's sister.
In 1977, David Lynch's first feature film, "Eraserhead", was released and found success as a midnight movie.
In 1977, Roman Polanski faced sexual abuse charges, which later led to his detention and the petition David Lynch supported in 2009.
In 1977, Stroszek was released, later becoming one of David Lynch's favorite movies.
In 1980, David Lynch earned critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for "The Elephant Man".
In 1982, David Lynch and Mary Fisk had a son, Austin Jack Lynch.
In 1983, David Lynch began writing and drawing a comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World, featuring unchanging graphics of a tethered dog. Around this time, he also became interested in photography.
In 1984, David Lynch directed the space opera "Dune".
In 1984, David Lynch voted for Ronald Reagan in the presidential election.
In 1985, David Lynch and Mary Fisk separated.
In 1986, David Lynch earned critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for "Blue Velvet".
In 1986, David Lynch started a relationship and lived with actress Isabella Rossellini.
In 1987, David Lynch and Mary Fisk divorced.
In 1988, David Lynch directed the short film The Cowboy and the Frenchman as part of The French as Seen by..., a series sponsored by the French newspaper Le Figaro.
Between 1989 and 1991, David Lynch emphasized his roots in fine art and painting with a series of one-man exhibitions.
In 1989, David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti created a theatrical piece, Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, for the New Music America Festival. It starred Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, and Michael J. Anderson and contained five songs sung by Julee Cruise.
In 1989, David Lynch produced and wrote lyrics for Julee Cruise's album, Floating into the Night, in collaboration with Angelo Badalamenti, who wrote the music and also produced.
In 1990, David Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC surrealist horror-mystery series "Twin Peaks".
In 1990, David Lynch produced a 50-minute video of the performance of Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted.
In 1990, David Lynch received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his romantic crime drama "Wild at Heart".
In 1990, David Lynch's film Wild at Heart won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and his television series Twin Peaks became a worldwide hit. His musical/performance piece Industrial Symphony No. 1 launched singer Julee Cruise.
Between 1989 and 1991, David Lynch emphasized his roots in fine art and painting with a series of one-man exhibitions.
In 1991, "Twin Peaks" series aired.
In 1991, David Lynch directed a 30-second teaser trailer for Michael Jackson's album Dangerous at Jackson's request.
In 1991, David Lynch's relationship with Isabella Rossellini ended.
In 1992, David Lynch and Mary Sweeney had a son, Riley Sweeney Lynch.
In 1992, David Lynch co-wrote and directed the film prequel to Twin Peaks, titled "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me".
In 1992, David Lynch ended the publication of his comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World, which had been running since 1983.
In 1992, the comedy series On the Air, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, was canceled after only three episodes aired.
In 1993, David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti recorded the collaborative album Thought Gang, which was not released until November 2018.
In 1993, David Lynch collaborated with Japanese musician Yoshiki on the video for X Japan's song "Longing ~Setsubou no Yoru~". Although the video was never officially released, Lynch considered some of its frames beautiful.
In 1993, David Lynch produced and wrote lyrics for Julee Cruise's album, The Voice of Love, in collaboration with Angelo Badalamenti, who wrote the music and also produced.
In April 1997, David Lynch presented a furniture collection at the prestigious Milan Furniture Fair.
In 1997, David Lynch directed the neo-noir film "Lost Highway".
In 1998, David Lynch worked on the Jocelyn Montgomery album Lux Vivens (Living Light), The Music of Hildegard von Bingen.
In 1999, ABC gave David Lynch the go-ahead to shoot a two-hour pilot for a television drama called Mulholland Drive. Disputes over content and running time led to the project being shelved indefinitely, before it was later completed as a film.
In 1999, David Lynch directed the road movie "The Straight Story".
In the 2000 presidential election, David Lynch endorsed the Natural Law Party, which supported Transcendental Meditation.
The company CIBY-2000 financed Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me in 2000, a film that was primarily a prequel but also partly a sequel to the canceled Twin Peaks television series.
On December 10, 2001, David Lynch's official website, davidlynch.com, went online, serving as a distribution channel for several new series he created.
In 2001, David Lynch earned critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for "Mulholland Drive".
In 2001, David Lynch released BlueBob, a blues album performed by Lynch and John Neff. The album is notable for Lynch's unusual guitar playing style.
In 2001, David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive earned him Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival (shared with Joel Coen) and Best Director from the New York Film Critics Association. He also received his third Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
In 2002, David Lynch created a series of online shorts, DumbLand, and released a surreal sitcom, Rabbits. DumbLand was later released on DVD.
In 2002, David Lynch released his web series Rabbits.
In 2003, David Lynch attended a month-long "Millionaire's Enlightenment Course" with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, costing $1 million.
In July 2005, David Lynch launched the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and Peace to fund Transcendental Meditation scholarships and research.
Beginning in September 2005, David Lynch toured college campuses with John Hagelin and Fred Travis to promote Transcendental Meditation.
As of December 2005, David Lynch had spent $400,000 of his money and raised $1 million for a project aimed at world peace through advanced meditation techniques.
In May 2006, David Lynch married Mary Sweeney. However, in June 2006, they filed for divorce.
In December 2006, The New York Times reported that David Lynch continued to pursue his goal of establishing meditation centers for world peace.
In 2006, David Lynch described his political philosophy, stating he had libertarian leanings in the 1990s but was now a Democrat, though he disliked some Democratic policies.
In 2006, David Lynch directed the experimental thriller "Inland Empire".
In 2006, David Lynch wrote "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity", a book detailing his creative processes, career stories, and the benefits of Transcendental Meditation.
On May 27, 2007, David Lynch's major art retrospective at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, titled The Air is on Fire, ended. The show included paintings, photographs, drawings, alternative films and sound work.
In 2007, The Guardian declared David Lynch the most important filmmaker of the current era, and AllMovie called him the "Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking."
In 2008, David Lynch attended Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's funeral in India and spoke about the impact Maharishi had.
In 2008, David Lynch started his own record label, David Lynch MC.
On April 4, 2009, David Lynch organized a "Change Begins Within" benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall for the David Lynch Foundation, featuring artists such as Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
In 2009, David Lynch married actress Emily Stofle.
In 2009, David Lynch produced a documentary Web series directed by his son Austin Lynch and friend Jason S., called Interview Project. He also collaborated with Werner Herzog on the film My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done.
In 2009, David Lynch signed a petition supporting Roman Polanski after his detention related to 1977 charges, arguing it undermined film festivals' tradition of free artistic expression.
In 2009, David Lynch went to India to film interviews for a biographical documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 2009, David Lynch's book-CD set Dark Night of the Soul was released.
In May 2010, David Lynch's 16-minute promotional film for Dior, titled Lady Blue Shanghai, was released on the Internet. Lynch wrote, directed and edited the film.
In November 2010, David Lynch released two electropop music singles, "Good Day Today" and "I Know", on the independent British label Sunday Best Recordings.
From 2010 to 2013, David Lynch had acting roles on "The Cleveland Show".
In 2010, the documentary "David Wants to Fly," about David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation, was released, showcasing the filmmaker's journey and eventual disillusionment with the TM movement.
On March 23, 2011, David Lynch directed a concert by the English new wave band Duran Duran. The concert was streamed live on YouTube from the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.
In April 2011, David Lynch's animated short I Touch a Red Button Man, a collaboration with the band Interpol, played in the background during Interpol's concert at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The short features Interpol's song "Lights".
On September 29, 2011, David Lynch released This Train with vocalist and longtime musical collaborator Chrystabell on the La Rose Noire label.
In October 2011, David Lynch, in collaboration with designers and architects, opened Silencio, a nightclub in Paris. Inspired by Mulholland Drive, it functions as a private club and opens to the public after midnight, hosting concerts, films, and performances.
In November 2011, David Lynch released his album, Crazy Clown Time, which was described as an "electronic blues album".
In 2011, David Lynch began exhibiting his paintings, drawings, and photography with Kayne Griffin Corcoran in Los Angeles.
In 2011, the independent project "Beyond The Noise: My Transcendental Meditation Journey," starring David Lynch, was shown at film festivals.
In a June 2012 interview, David Lynch stated that he lacked the inspiration to start a new movie project, but was open to working if he found an idea he loved.
In September 2012, David Lynch appeared in the three-part "Late Show" arc on FX's Louie as Jack Dahl.
In November 2012, while attending Plus Camerimage in Bydgoszcz, Poland, David Lynch hinted at plans for a new film.
In 2012, David Lynch and Emily Stofle had a daughter, Lula Boginia Lynch.
In 2012, David Lynch had acting roles on "Louie".
In the 2012 presidential election, David Lynch stated he would vote for Democratic incumbent Barack Obama.
In a January 2013 interview, Laura Dern confirmed that she and David Lynch were planning a new project.
In February 2013, the short documentary film about the lithographic process, Idem Paris, was released online.
On June 28, 2013, the video David Lynch directed for the Nine Inch Nails song "Came Back Haunted" was released.
In August 2013, David Lynch did photography for the Dumb Numbers's self-titled album.
In 2013, David Lynch wrote about Transcendental Meditation leading to a peaceful revolution and a life free of problems.
In 2013, David Lynch's second studio album, The Big Dream, was released and included the single "I'm Waiting Here", with Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li.
On September 12, 2014, David Lynch's alma mater, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, presented an exhibition of his work called "The Unified Field".
On October 6, 2014, David Lynch confirmed via Twitter that he and Mark Frost would start shooting a new season of Twin Peaks in 2015.
For Record Store Day 2014, David Lynch released The Big Dream Remix EP, which featured four songs from his album remixed by various artists.
In January 2015, the exhibition of David Lynch's work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, called "The Unified Field", ended.
On April 5, 2015, David Lynch announced via Twitter that he was no longer going to direct the Twin Peaks revival due to budget issues.
On May 15, 2015, David Lynch announced via Twitter that he would return to the Twin Peaks revival, having resolved his issues with Showtime.
By April 2016, filming was completed for the Twin Peaks revival.
In 2016, David Lynch endorsed Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries and voted for Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson in the general election.
In 2016, David Lynch's Mulholland Drive was named the best film of the 21st century in a BBC poll of 177 film critics from 36 countries.
On May 21, 2017, the two-episode premiere of the Twin Peaks revival aired.
In 2017, David Lynch co-wrote and directed a third season of "Twin Peaks".
In 2017, David Lynch was awarded The Edward MacDowell Medal by The MacDowell Colony for his outstanding contributions to American culture.
In 2017, Emily Stofle appeared in the revival of Twin Peaks.
In June 2018, David Lynch, along with Kristine McKenna, released "Room to Dream", a biography-memoir hybrid.
In a June 2018 interview, David Lynch commented on Donald Trump's potential impact as president, leading to controversy and later clarification.
In November 2018, a collaborative album by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, Thought Gang, was released on vinyl and compact disc. The album was recorded around 1993 but not released at the time.
On April 17, 2019, a video accompanying the song "Fire is Coming" by Flying Lotus, featuring guest vocals by David Lynch, was released.
In May 2019, David Lynch provided guest vocals on the track "Fire is Coming" by Flying Lotus. He also co-wrote the track that appears on Flying Lotus's album Flamagra.
In 2019, David Lynch discussed Transcendental Meditation's ability to utilize the full brain and its potential for enlightenment.
In June 2020, David Lynch rereleased his 2002 web series Rabbits on YouTube.
On July 17, 2020, David Lynch's store for merchandise released a set of face masks with Lynch's art on them for the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, David Lynch expressed support for Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd in one of his daily weather report videos.
In 2020, David Lynch returned to doing weather reports from his apartment in Los Angeles. He also began two new series, What is David Lynch Working on Today? and Today's Number Is....
In 2020, David Lynch was diagnosed with emphysema after a lifetime of smoking.
In May 2021, David Lynch produced a track, "I Am the Shaman", by Scottish artist Donovan. The song was released on May 10, Donovan's 75th birthday. Lynch also directed the accompanying video.
In February 2022, it was announced that David Lynch had been cast in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, playing John Ford.
In April 2022, David Lynch announced a $500 million transcendental meditation world peace initiative to fund transcendental meditation for 30,000 college students.
On December 16, 2022, David Lynch presented his final weather report.
In 2022, David Lynch condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and addressed Vladimir Putin directly in a weather report.
In 2022, David Lynch had acting roles in the film "The Fabelmans".
In 2022, David Lynch quit smoking after starting at age eight and became reliant on supplemental oxygen, facing significant mobility challenges.
In an April 2023 interview, David Lynch confirmed that the weather report series, along with What is David Lynch Working on Today? and Today's Number Is..., would not return.
In 2023, Emily Stofle filed for divorce from David Lynch.
In August 2024, David Lynch released his final album, Cellophane Memories, a collaboration between him and Chrystabell. He also directed videos for two tracks on the album, "Sublime Eternal Love" and "The Answers to the Questions".
In August 2024, David Lynch revealed in an interview that he had been diagnosed with emphysema in 2020 and was largely housebound due to health risks.
In September 2024, David Lynch made his last published broadcast speech at Meditate America 2024, discussing The Beatles' practice of TM and playing a cover of "Across the Universe".
On December 20, 2024, David Lynch reached a divorce settlement agreement with Emily Stofle, though the final decree had not been issued by the time of his death.
In January 2025, David Lynch died from complications of emphysema after being evacuated from his home due to the Southern California wildfires.
In January 2025, David Lynch was evacuated from his Los Angeles home due to wildfires and subsequently died at his daughter's home on January 16, aged 78.
In February 2025, David Lynch's death certificate was publicly reported, citing cardiac arrest due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dehydration as contributing factors. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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