David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker and artist, passed away on January 15, 2025, shortly before his 79th birthday, leaving behind a unique artistic legacy

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.”

The acclaimed director behind works such as 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive' brought his love of transcendental meditation to Latin America.

David Lynch, who died Thursday, combined Eisenhower-era innocence & experimental cinema to forge a disturbing, darkly hilarious look at American life

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.

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.”

David Lynch, who co-created “Twin Peaks” and directed films such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” has died. He was 78. Lynch’s family revealed his passing via social media on Thursday.

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.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated ... Naomi Watts and Richard Farnsworth. Lynch was a Missoula, Montana, native who moved around often with his family as a child and ...

David Lynch is dead at the age of 78. By any measure the most influential filmmaker of our time, the Missoula, Montana-born artist left such a mark that his very name became an adjective.

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.

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