We were talking about ideas,” the Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet star says. “It was like, ‘What’s next?’ And then, suddenly—poof—he’s gone.”

Tim Carmody writes for DeepLearning.AI and was a film and literature adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Even after he’d established himself as a brilliant filmmaker and left his hometown far behind, David Lynch described himself as “Eagle Scout, Missoula, Montana.”

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,

Lynch’s weather reports attracted a dedicated following in themselves, becoming such a part of the fabric of Los Angeles — his adopted home for many years, and a lifelong fascination of his he often transmuted on film — that his forecasts were later broadcast on NPR affiliate KCRW.

With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.

David Lynch is dead and we are looking back at his considerable career, from films to TV and everything in between.

David Lynch's unrelenting 1992 horror film, a prequel to his "Twin Peaks" series, aimed to kill "Twin Peaks," which had been a television sensation just two years earlier. "Fire Walk With Me" famously starts off with a shot of static on a television set,

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

The visionary director's belief in American beauty and horror being two sides of the same coin was perfected in the iconic 1990 TV series.

David Lynch, the singular American filmmaker best known for classics like 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' and 'Twin Peaks,' has died at age 78.

Movie and television director David Lynch died at 78 years old—and people have come together to mourn and celebrate the auteur.

Lynch, the 78-year-old artist and filmmaker, had emphysema from decades of smoking. When the runaway blaze got too close to his home, he evacuated. But not before his health took a serious decline, leading to his passing last week.