Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future director Jennifer Chambers Lynch shortly after he turned 21...See full bio »
2006Inland Empire
(writer: "Ghost of Love", "Polish Night Music No. 1", "Polish Poem", "Walkin' on the Sky" / performer: "Ghost of Love", "Polish Night Music No. 1", "Walkin' on the Sky")
2006Coachella
(video documentary)
(writer: "In Heaven")
2003The Company
(music: "White Widow", "The World Spins" / as David K. Lynch)
1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
("Questions In A World Of Blue", "A Real Indication", "She Would Die For Love", "The Black Dog Runs At Night", "Falling", "Sycamore Trees")
1990Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
(TV movie)
(music: "The Black Sea", "I'm Hurt Bad", "The Final Battle" / lyrics: "Up in Flames", "I Float Alone", "Into the Night", "Pinky's Bubble Egg The Twins Spoke", "The Dream Conversation", "Rockin' Back Inside My Heart", "The World Spins")
1986Blue Velvet
(lyrics: "Blue Star", "Mysteries Of Love")
I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it.
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Trivia:
The car accident scene in
Wild at Heart came from his impression of actress Sherilyn Fenn as a china doll, and from the idea of seeing a porcelain doll breaking. He told her, "I envisioned this broken China doll, all bloody, and ranting and raving, and it was you".
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Trademark:
Constant references to dreams as a way of connecting the plot and twists in his films.
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