credits of
David Lynch
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February 15th, 2026 | I Know Catherine, the Log Lady | Self | TBD | |
January 16th, 2026 | What Would David Lynch Do? | Self (Archived Footage) | TBD | |
October 23rd, 2025 | The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld | TBD | TBD | |
April 11th, 2025 | The Making Of A Mockumentary | Himself (archive footage) | 10 | |
January 29th, 2025 | David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
May 15th, 2023 | Lynch/Oz | Self (archival footage) | 6.9 | |
July 2nd, 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | TBD | 2 | |
January 7th, 2021 | David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything | David Lynch | TBD | |
November 1st, 2020 | David Lynch: The Virtual Life | himself | TBD | |
September 7th, 2018 | Why Are We Creative? | Self | 7.6 | |
December 5th, 2017 | See You on the Other Side Dear Friend | Self | TBD | |
December 5th, 2017 | Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers | Self | 5 | |
December 5th, 2017 | Bad Binoculars | Self | 8 | |
December 5th, 2017 | Two Blue Balls | Self | TBD | |
December 5th, 2017 | A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks | Self | 7 | |
December 5th, 2017 | Behind the Red Curtain | Self | 6.2 | |
December 5th, 2017 | A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth | Self | 6 | |
December 5th, 2017 | I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun | Self | 6.6 | |
December 5th, 2017 | A Pot of Boiling Oil | Self | 6 | |
December 5th, 2017 | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self | 7.1 | |
TBD | A Fall from Grace | William Tabb | TBD | |
November 24th, 2024 | Beatles '64 | Self | 6.5 | |
November 11th, 2022 | The Fabelmans | John Ford | 7.6 | |
October 12th, 2022 | This Is Sparklehorse | Self | TBD | |
October 14th, 2021 | The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 4 | |
May 28th, 2021 | Moby Doc | Self | 6.1 | |
March 10th, 2021 | Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House | Self | TBD | |
September 9th, 2020 | Meeting the Beatles in India | Self | 6.5 | |
October 25th, 2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Self | 6.9 | |
May 1st, 2019 | The Original Image - David Lynch | TBD | 7.7 | |
March 18th, 2019 | David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film | Himself | TBD | |
October 5th, 2018 | Curtains Up | TBD | TBD | |
December 5th, 2017 | Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon | Self | TBD | |
December 5th, 2017 | Tell It Martin | Self | 5 | |
December 5th, 2017 | The Polish Accountant | Self | 6 | |
December 5th, 2017 | The Number of Completion | Self | 5.5 | |
November 8th, 2017 | WHAT DID JACK DO? | Detective | 6.3 | |
October 29th, 2017 | Plankton Salesmen | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
September 29th, 2017 | Lucky | Howard | 7.3 | |
April 22nd, 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | Man In Black | 6.8 | |
February 15th, 2017 | David Lynch: The Art Life | Self | 7 | |
February 7th, 2017 | David Lynch: Insight | Self | TBD | |
January 24th, 2017 | Girlfriend's Day | Narrator (voice) | 5 | |
January 1st, 2017 | Rocksteppy | Himself | 8.3 | |
November 3rd, 2016 | Along for the Ride | Self | 7 | |
October 11th, 2016 | Shadows of Paradise | TBD | 4.5 | |
October 7th, 2016 | Blue Velvet Revisited | Self | 6.9 | |
July 27th, 2016 | On Meditation | Self | 7 | |
July 19th, 2016 | The Reality of Truth | Self | 4.3 | |
April 10th, 2016 | Night Flight: Born Again | Self | TBD | |
April 10th, 2016 | The Music of David Lynch | Self | 8.8 | |
September 25th, 2015 | Rammstein in Amerika | Self | 8 | |
March 13th, 2015 | Brand: A Second Coming | Self | 6 | |
November 21st, 2014 | My Beautiful Broken Brain | Self | 7.1 | |
July 29th, 2014 | Between Two Worlds | Self | 7.2 | |
July 16th, 2014 | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Gordon Cole | 7.2 | |
May 10th, 2014 | The 8th Floor | Self | 6 | |
April 21st, 2014 | It's a Beautiful World | Self | 5.4 | |
January 20th, 2014 | Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love | Self | 6 | |
September 11th, 2013 | Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Self | 6.9 | |
September 6th, 2013 | What Is Cinema? | Self | 6.5 | |
May 20th, 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self | 8.2 | |
April 6th, 2013 | Professor Goudet's Lessons | Self | TBD | |
December 11th, 2012 | Memory Film | TBD | 5.6 | |
November 15th, 2012 | Meditation, Creativity, Peace | Self | 5.8 | |
August 19th, 2012 | Side by Side | Self | 7.2 | |
January 1st, 2011 | Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten | Himself | TBD | |
November 18th, 2010 | David Lynch in Oslo | Self | TBD | |
October 8th, 2010 | 2012: Time for Change | Self | 6.3 | |
October 6th, 2010 | Brunes et Blondes | Self | TBD | |
May 6th, 2010 | David Wants to Fly | Self | 7 | |
February 13th, 2010 | When Lynch Met Lucas | TBD | 5.4 | |
June 16th, 2009 | Red Fish | O Sábio | 7.7 | |
June 5th, 2009 | The Way of Samodelkin | Stranger in a dream | TBD | |
May 19th, 2009 | Great Directors | Self | 6.1 | |
March 16th, 2009 | La Traversée du désir | Self | 5.7 | |
February 2nd, 2009 | The Soul Detective | Himself | TBD | |
November 25th, 2008 | Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008 | Self | 6.3 | |
November 25th, 2008 | Hollyshorts Greeting | Himself | 7.5 | |
November 25th, 2008 | Early Experiments | TBD | 6.4 | |
September 16th, 2008 | Elvis | Viva Las Vegas | Self | 7.3 | |
January 22nd, 2008 | Critic | Self (voice) | 7.9 | |
December 31st, 2007 | The Sound of Lynch | TBD | 6 | |
October 30th, 2007 | A Slice of Lynch | Self | 6.9 | |
October 26th, 2007 | Lynch (one) | Self | 5.7 | |
September 10th, 2007 | Out Yonder — Chicken | TBD | 5.8 | |
August 14th, 2007 | Lynch 2 | Self | TBD | |
April 1st, 2007 | Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A. | Himself | TBD | |
January 30th, 2007 | Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com | himself | 5.5 | |
December 6th, 2006 | Inland Empire | Bucky J | 7 | |
June 20th, 2006 | Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Self | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 2005 | David Lynch: 1985 | Self | TBD | |
December 7th, 2004 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | TBD | TBD | |
May 1st, 2004 | Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | Self | 8.3 | |
April 5th, 2004 | The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ | Self | 7 | |
December 23rd, 2003 | Boat | The Man | 5.4 | |
October 18th, 2003 | Does That Hurt You? | Self | 7.7 | |
September 9th, 2003 | Lamp | Self | 4.8 | |
June 17th, 2003 | Return to Mulholland Drive | Self | 8 | |
April 16th, 2003 | Out Yonder — Teeth | TBD | 6.2 | |
February 10th, 2003 | Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) | Self | 6.7 | |
June 21st, 2002 | The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed | TBD | 6.2 | |
June 1st, 2002 | The Short Films of David Lynch | Self | 5.5 | |
April 16th, 2002 | Heart of the Festival | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
April 5th, 2002 | I Don't Know Jack | Self | 7.9 | |
February 25th, 2002 | BlueBob Egg | Billy Groper | 3.4 | |
February 24th, 2002 | Mysteries of Love | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
February 11th, 2002 | Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy | TBD | 6.2 | |
September 6th, 2001 | Eraserhead Stories | Self | 7.3 | |
April 1st, 2001 | Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul | Self | 6.3 | |
October 7th, 1999 | In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story | Self | 6.2 | |
October 18th, 1998 | The A-Z of Separating People from their Money | Self | TBD | |
October 14th, 1997 | Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | Self | 7.2 | |
November 17th, 1996 | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money | Self | 5.5 | |
December 20th, 1995 | Lumière & Company | Self | 6.3 | |
September 1st, 1995 | Nadja | Morgue Receptionist | 5.7 | |
September 9th, 1994 | Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff | Himself | 7.2 | |
September 25th, 1993 | Made in the USA | Self | 2 | |
June 3rd, 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Gordon Cole | 7.4 | |
May 17th, 1991 | Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper | Self | TBD | |
October 19th, 1990 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self | 7.5 | |
September 7th, 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks | Self | 7.3 | |
January 1st, 1989 | David Lynch: Don't Look at Me | Self | 9.3 | |
April 15th, 1988 | Zelly & Me | Willie | 5.8 | |
January 19th, 1988 | No Frank in Lumberton | Self | 8.2 | |
January 3rd, 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | 7.6 | |
February 20th, 1987 | Ruth, Roses, and Revolver | Himself | TBD | |
December 14th, 1984 | Dune | Spice Miner (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
January 1st, 1983 | Destination Dune | Self | 6.5 | |
October 9th, 1980 | The Elephant Man | Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited) | 8 | |
April 25th, 1980 | Heart Beat | Painter (uncredited) | 5.6 | |
January 1st, 1974 | The Amputee | The Nurse | 5.1 | |
January 1st, 1967 | Sailing with Bushnell Keeler | TBD | 5.6 |