David Keith Lynch was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and was acclaimed for films often distinguished by their surrealist and experimental qualities. In a career spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 and an Academy Honorary Award in 2019.
Lynch studied painting and made short films before making his first feature, the independent body horror film Eraserhead, which found success as a midnight movie. He earned critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director for the biographical drama The Elephant Man, the mystery thriller Blue Velvet, and the neo-noir Mulholland Drive. For his romantic crime drama Wild at Heart, he received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the space opera Dune, the neo-noir Lost Highway, the road movie The Straight Story, and the experimental thriller Inland Empire.
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