Though the officially presentation will happen in February, the 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Blue Velvet' writer-director was able to accept the prize in late 2024, before his death on Jan. 16.

David Lynch was a master in many ways. One of his most overlooked achievements is the effective motif for the seedy underbelly of small towns in 'Blue Velvet'.

Lynch, who was born in Montana in 1946, was a writer, director and painter who studied at the American Film Institute. He first broke into the movie scene in 1977 when he turned his thesis project into his first feature film "Eraserhead," a black-and-white surrealist indie film that quickly gained notoriety as a midnight movie.

David Lynch left behind a long legacy of cinematic innovation, but not everyone realizes how deeply intertwined car culture was to his filmmaking.

(NEXSTAR) – David Lynch, the filmmaker and director behind such movies as “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died, his family announced in a message posted to his official Facebook page. Lynch was 78.

Screenwriter and director David Lynch, who died this month, has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

The famously weird filmmaker set his 1986 movie in Lumberton, with many modifications, and filmed in Wilmington during its film infancy.

David Lynch's passing comes just months after he confirmed that health issues related to emphysema had forced him to retire from filmmaking.

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.

Director David Lynch's twisty mystery movie from 2001 has become a streaming hit following the filmmaker's death at 78 earlier this month.

Director David Lynch to posthumously receive 2025 Writers Guild Laurel Award - The award is given to those who have ‘made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter’.

When the question came to my mind as to how I would write an obituary for David Lynch, I found myself struggling with it.