He directed "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks," "Mulholland Drive," and so many other films that have lodged themselves into the popular imagination and shaped other filmmakers.

David Lynch, the legendary director of "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," is dead at 78, his family announced Jan. 16 on Facebook.

The all-time great American filmmaker and occasional musician David Lynch, a man who casts a vast shadow over decades of left-of-center music, has passed away. Lynch’s family announced his death on social media today and asked for privacy.

Rebellious filmmaker David Lynch born Jan 20, 1946 has died earlier today at the age of 78. The accomplished painter, musician, writer, cartoonist, actor, director, and main creative force behind unsettling features like "Eraserhead,

He will be remembered for his classics, but also because he was the first to direct Dune, a film with which he was shipwrecked.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker David Lynch passed away on January 15, 2025, at age 78. His death was announced via Facebook, with the caption reading, “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist,

Famed director David Lynch, who dared to be different in his often dark and surrealistic storytelling in film and on television, has died. He was 78. “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole,’” wrote a family member on Facebook.

The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists

David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark and dreamlike vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days before his 79th birthday.