David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Lynch received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities. In his 58-year career, he was awarded numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. In 2007, a panel of critics convened by The Guardian announced that "after all the discussion, no one could fault the conclusion that David Lynch is the most important filmmaker of the current era." Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s. His first feature-length film was the independent surrealist film Eraserhead (1977), which saw success as a midnight movie. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the biographical drama The Elephant Man (1980) and the mystery films Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001). His romantic crime drama Wild at Heart (1990) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the space opera adaptation Dune (1984), the surrealist neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), the biographical drama The Straight Story (1999), and the experimental film Inland Empire (2006). Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC series Twin Peaks (1990–91), for which Lynch was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Lynch co-wrote and directed its film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), and its limited series revival (2017). He has also worked as an actor, including his portrayals of FBI agent Gordon Cole in Twin Peaks and director John Ford in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022), as well as guest roles in TV series such as The Cleveland Show (2010–13), Louie (2012), and Robot Chicken (2020, 2022). Lynch's other artistic endeavours included his work as a musician, encompassing the studio albums BlueBOB (2001), Crazy Clown Time (2011), and The Big Dream (2013), as well as painting and photography. He has written the books Images (1994), Catching the Big Fish (2006), and Room to Dream (2018). He has directed several music videos for artists such as Chris Isaak, X Japan, Moby, Interpol, Nine Inch Nails, and Donovan, and commercials for Calvin Klein, Dior, L'Oreal, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and the New York City Department of Sanitation. A practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM), he founded the David Lynch Foundation, which seeks to fund the teaching of TM in schools and has since widened its scope to other at-risk populations, including the homeless, veterans, and refugees. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a...
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In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice...
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Chief Gordon ColeIn the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears...
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Inland Empire
as Bucky JAn actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling...
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The Fabelmans
as John FordGrowing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker...
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Gordon ColeNinety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by...
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David Lynch: The Art Life
as SelfAn intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic...
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WHAT DID JACK DO?
as DetectiveIn a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented...
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Beatles '64
as SelfFeaturing never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel...
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Girlfriend's Day
as Narrator (voice)When he's caught up in a deadly conspiracy, an unemployed greeting card writer must create the...
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Lucky
as HowardFollows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his...
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The Short Films of David Lynch
as SelfA collection of David Lynch's early student and commissioned film work, with an introduction by...
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Side by Side
as SelfSince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film....
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The Amputee
as NurseA double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective...
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Lynch/Oz
as Self (archive footage)Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions....
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as SelfThe history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as HimselfFrom 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience MemberRecorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock...
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Rammstein in Amerika
as SelfThe concert film celebrates the band’s legendary show in New York’s Madison Square Garden –...
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Eraserhead Stories
as SelfDavid Lynch discusses the making of the film "Eraserhead."
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My Beautiful Broken Brain
as SelfA profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after...
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Along for the Ride
as SelfA documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.
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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
as SelfAn in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and...
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Nadja
as Morgue ReceptionistIn a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to...
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Meeting the Beatles in India
as SelfFilmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time...
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Moby Doc
as SelfA surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights...
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as SelfAn impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate...
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La Traversée du désir
as SelfWhat was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to...
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Great Directors
as SelfFeatures conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci,...
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
as SelfRoy Orbison - In Dreams is the ultimate exclusive music documentary of the life of Roy Orbison....
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Crítico
as Self (voice)Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the...
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The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as SelfBehind the scenes of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, with a focus on the work of David Lynch directing...
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David Lynch, A Hollywood Enigma
as selfCreator of absolute freedom, David Lynch constructed his work as an enigma to be deciphered...
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Mysteries of Love
as Self (archive footage)Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are...
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Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
as uncreditedIn 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor...
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What Is Cinema?
as SelfUsing the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock...
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A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as SelfA short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. This time focused in the planing...
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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as SelfA 1990 documentary presented by Jonathan Ross, in which he interviewed filmmaker David Lynch.
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2012: Time for Change
as Self2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable...
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Lynch (one)
as SelfRare glimpse into the fascinating mind of one of cinema's greatest directors. Footage was...
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Blue Velvet Revisited
as SelfWhen David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set,...
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The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
as uncreditedThe Disc of Sorrow gets installed.
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The Reality of Truth
as SelfIn this documentary, "Zappy" Zapolin interviews spiritual gurus, celebrities, and people of...
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The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
as SelfA short documentary about the making of David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.
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Destination Dune
as SelfA short documentary that was originally produced to promote the film at conventions and...
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The Number of Completion
as SelfShort documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Zelly & Me
as WillieA young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with...
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Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
as uncreditedA short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
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The Black Ghiandola
as Man In BlackThe Black Ghiandola is a story about a young man risking his life to save a young girl he has...
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The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as SelfAn examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with...
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No Frank in Lumberton
as SelfA very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington,...
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On Meditation
as SelfPeter Matthiessen, David Lynch, and Russell Simmons see among the many celebrity devotees...
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Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
as uncreditedAn extensive interview with Palmer house owner and one-time Twin Peaks performer Mary Reber,...
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Memory Film
as uncreditedShort film made for the 7th annual Memory Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery in London
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The 8th Floor
as SelfOn the 8th floor of the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Raymond Depardon's film features a minute of...
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I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
as SelfShort documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
as Self (voice) (archive footage)A brand new feature-length documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring the making of the...
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A Fall from Grace
as William TabbDetective Michael Tabb knows the city he protects inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as...
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Out Yonder — Chicken
as uncreditedA short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
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BlueBob Egg
as Billy GroperBefore our very eyes, BlueBob gets arrested in broad daylight.
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Heart Beat
as PainterAn exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal...
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I Don't Know Jack
as SelfFeature documentary about actor Jack Nance, who rose to prominence after starring in the cult...
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Meditation, Creativity, Peace
as SelfThis documentary shot by film students follows David Lynch on a 16-country tour of Europe, the...
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Bad Binoculars
as SelfShort documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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David Wants to Fly
as uncreditedA documentary. David Sieveking takes the advice of his idol, David Lynch and tries out Maharishi...
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Early Experiments
as uncreditedA 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of...
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A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
as SelfOne week in the making of David Lynch's 2017 continuation of his groundbreaking television...
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as SelfMel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live...
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Edge of Outside
as Self (archive footage)An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W....
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Brand: A Second Coming
as SelfComic Russell Brand uses drugs, sex and fame in a quest for happiness, only to find it remains...
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as SelfThe inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist...
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Hollyshorts Greeting
as HimselfA fun short piece that Lynch presented as his acceptance for the Hollyshorts 2008 Visionary Award.
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as HimselfPhil and Colin Beverly are two inept small-town brothers with big dreams, and a song-and-dance...
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Professor Goudet's Lessons
as SelfStéphane Goudet is all over the Tati box-set as the preeminent Tati scholar, so it is only...
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Hollywood Mavericks
as SelfA documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of...
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Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...
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Shadows of Paradise
as uncreditedSince the death of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in February 2008, long-time practitioner of...
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Two Blue Balls
as SelfShort documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
as SelfA surreal short film that Lynch made for the 2008 Twin Peaks Festival. It only screened once and...
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See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
as SelfShort documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
as HimselfDon van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked...
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A Slice of Lynch
as SelfDavid Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks"...
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Out Yonder — Teeth
as uncreditedA short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
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as Self (Archive Footage)Ten minutes reflecting upon on of the greats.
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David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
as SelfA documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series.
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The Polish Accountant
as SelfShort documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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A Pot of Boiling Oil
as SelfA short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. David Lynch interacts with his...
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Brunes et Blondes
as SelfActresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with...
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Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
as himselfTwo hours of original content previously only available to paid up members of DavidLynch.com....
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David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
as HimselfOscar-nominated director David Lynch teaches his unconventional techniques for creating...
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Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
as SelfDocumentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Lynch 2
as SelfFollow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the...
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I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
as SelfAn authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in...
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Behind the Red Curtain
as SelfDocumentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Tell It Martin
as SelfShort documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Le son de Lynch
as uncreditedThis documentary explores every facet of this job of complex and exciting sound which David...
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The Way of Samodelkin
as Stranger in a dreamA mystical detective story set in the realm of Moscow art scene. Psychedelic trip through...
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as SelfWe are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in...
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The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
as SelfPointing to the increasingly blurred distinction between reality and fiction in the world today,...
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Night Flight: Born Again
as SelfDocumentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and...
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Made in the USA
as SelfA Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.
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Does That Hurt You?
as SelfA camera-eye is aimed at David Lynch's back while in Hanover a second one records the...
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This Is Sparklehorse
as SelfAn comprehensive look at the life and music of Mark Linkous, a influential figure in the...
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Between Two Worlds
as Self"Between Two Worlds" is a featurette included in the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin...
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Curtains Up
as uncreditedAmerican auteur David Lynch opens up about the magic of the cinema in this new profile from...
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Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
as HimselfTelevision documentary from BBCs Arena program in which David Lynch, fresh off the release of...
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L'Image Originelle - David Lynch
as uncreditedThe original image or the first image. That of the first film, that of all the promises. The...
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Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
as HimselfIf South Park met Stig "Slas" Claesson directed by Staffan Westerberg.
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The Short Films of David Lynch
as SelfA collection of visionary director David Lynch's short films from the first 29 years of his...
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Family Guy
as Gus (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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Family Guy
as David Lynch (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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Twin Peaks
as Gordon ColeThe body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin...
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Robot Chicken
as Mad scientistA series of pop-culture parodies using stop-motion animation of toys, action figures and dolls....
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The Cleveland Show
as uncreditedThe bizarre adventures of Cleveland Brown and his family.
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as SelfJay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
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Louie
as Jack DallLouis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the...
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This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore...
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Scene by Scene
as SelfMark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date,...
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DumbLand
as Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)A series of eight crudely animated shorts written, directed, and voiced by director David Lynch...
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