Though the officially presentation will happen in February, the 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Blue Velvet' writer-director was able to accept the prize in late 2024, before his death on Jan. 16.

Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost is paying tribute to his friend and longtime collaborator David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday. He was 78. “My friend and brother, my creative partner in crime for nearly forty years,

Lynch, who was born in Montana in 1946, was a writer, director and painter who studied at the American Film Institute. He first broke into the movie scene in 1977 when he turned his thesis project into his first feature film "Eraserhead," a black-and-white surrealist indie film that quickly gained notoriety as a midnight movie.

David Lynch is no more.The director and writer known for his surrealistic and groundbreaking contributions to American film and television, has passed away at the age of 78. Lynch, who was

David Lynch has a knack for creating surrealist art. Many of his other projects, like “Mulholland Drive” and “Blue Velvet,” are similar to “Twin Peaks” in the sense that Lynch tries to paint a dark portrait of a place that looks seemingly innocent.

David Lynch will go down in history as one of cinema’s most iconic and unique visionaries. His films are tough to place into a single genre, spanning crime, drama, comedy, horror, and the just plain weird.

Just diving into the wild, eccentric world of music written by and for David Lynch? We recommend starting with these five tracks.

In the Pacific Northwest, Lynch built worlds that were eerily familiar and frighteningly strange, bringing whimsy and wonder to the lore that lurks in our dark corners. He was not just one of the greatest American filmmakers to ever live,

You either loved him or you hated him. Well his movies anyway. But few directors have come close to leaving the singularly unique impact David Lynch left on cinema in what feels now, to a fan, a not so extensive filmography.

CHICAGO – Filmmaker and cultural icon David Lynch passed away on January 16th, 2025. As a life-in-film admirer, I (Patrick McDonald) knew a regular obituary was not enough … besides you can find more high falutin’ tributes elsewhere everywhere. So, I decided to do a video tribute (below) as if I were doing a eulogy.

Transcendental Meditation was a key part of the the life of David Lynch, as this writer discovered when she interviewed him in 2006.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the shows The Agency and The Pitt, audiobooks by Philomena Cunk, and cinema from the late director David Lynch.