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David Lynch

デヴィッド・リンチ

Deividdo Rinchi

Aliases: David Keith Lynch

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-01-20 （Missoula, Montana）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Transcendental Meditation
Residence History
Los Angeles → Spokane

Career

Occupations
film director, television director, screenwriter, producer, painter, author
Active Years
1966-
Affiliations
Lynch/Frost Productions, David Lynch Foundation
Influenced By
Luis Buñuel, Franz Kafka, Salvador Dalí, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Influenced
Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, Noah Hawley
Nominations
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or

Education

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fine Arts
Period: 1964-1965
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: United States
Dropped out
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Painting
Period: 1965-1969
Year of Graduation: 1967
Country: United States
Attended on scholarship, dropped out
American Film Institute
Film
Degree: MFA
Period: 1970-1973
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: United States

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award
1990
Work: Twin Peaks (pilot)
Category: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Organization: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Result: Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award
1990
Work: Twin Peaks (pilot)
Category: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Organization: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Result: Nominated
Golden Globe Award
1991
Work: Twin Peaks
Category: Best Television Series – Drama
Organization: Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

2006 Essay/Self-help 181 pages

A collection of short essays on creativity, transcendental meditation, and consciousness.

meditationcreativityconsciousness
Translations
  • Available in Japanese

Room to Dream

2018 Autobiography 592 pages

Autobiography co-written with Kristine McKenna, blending interviews and memoirs.

artist's lifeHollywoodsurrealism
Translations
  • Available in Japanese

The Air is on Fire

2007 Art book 270 pages

Art book featuring Lynch's paintings, drawings, photography, and installations.

visual artsurrealism

Bibliography

  • Images (1994)
  • Lynch on Lynch (1997)

Adaptations

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (film adaptation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
surrealismuncannydreamlike narrativeoffbeat humor
Recurring Motifs
dreamsthe other placedark underbelly of small-town Americasupernatural entitiesRed Room

Health

  • Emphysema
    2020年代-現在
    From long-term smoking, uses supplemental oxygen, limits activity

Legacy

Revolutionary auteur who blurred lines between TV and film with Twin Peaks, introducing surrealism to mainstream culture. Landmark influence with enduring cult status.

Archives

  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • David Lynch Foundation

In Popular Culture

  • Influenced shows like Fargo, Lost, The Sopranos
  • Referenced in games like Alan Wake, Deadly Premonition

Quotes

  • Ideas are like fish. Small ones are easy to catch, but to get a big fish you need the right bait.
    Source: Catching the Big Fish (2006)
  • I look at the world and see absurdity all around me.
    Source: Interview (1990)

Trivia

  • Co-created all episodes of Twin Peaks
  • Advocate for Transcendental Meditation, founded foundation
  • Fan of cherry pie and black coffee (from Twin Peaks)
  • Career spans experimental shorts to mainstream hits