David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker.

Lynch’s films are known for their elements of surrealism or cinematic magic realism with nightmarish and dreamlike sequences,

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker.

Lynch’s films are known for their elements of surrealism or cinematic magic realism with nightmarish and dreamlike sequences, their stark and strange images and their meticulously crafted audio. Most of his work explores the seedy underside of small-town U.S.A. (Blue Velvet, the "Twin Peaks" television series) or sprawling metropolises (Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive). Due to his peculiar style and focus on the American psyche, producer Mel Brooks once called Lynch “Jimmy Stewart from Mars.”