# David Lynch filmography

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Personal
Early life and work
Jennifer Lynch (daughter)
Filmography
Eraserhead
The Elephant Man
Dune
Blue Velvet
Twin Peaks
Fire Walk with Me
The Missing Pieces
The Return
Wild at Heart
Lost Highway
The Straight Story
Mulholland Drive
Inland Empire
Discography
Eraserhead
BlueBOB
The Air Is on Fire
Twin Peaks Music: Season Two Music and More
Polish Night Music
Crazy Clown Time
The Big Dream
Thought Gang
Cellophane Memories
Bibliography
Images
Catching the Big Fish
The Air Is on Fire
Dark Night of the Soul
Genealogies of Pain
Room to Dream
Characters
Frank Booth
Dale Cooper
Laura Palmer
Sheriff Harry Truman
Shelly Johnson
Donna Hayward
Audrey Horne
Maddy Ferguson
Benjamin Horne
Phillip Jeffries
Bob
Windom Earle
Mike
Leland Palmer
Log Lady
The Giant
The Man from Another Place / The Arm
Tommy Hill
Bobby Briggs
Related
Unrealized projects
Accolades received
Cultural impact
Frequent collaborators
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David Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician and actor. Known for his surrealist films, he developed his own unique cinematic style which has been dubbed "Lynchian" and is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. The surreal and, in many cases, violent elements to his films have earned them the reputation that they "disturb, offend or mystify" their audiences.
Lynch's oeuvre included short and feature-length films, music videos, documentaries and television episodes, while his involvement in these ranged from direction, production, and screenwriting to acting and sound design. Lynch's first project was the 1967 short Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times), an animated film which blended elements of sculpture and painting into its animation.
His first feature-length project, 1977's Eraserhead, became a cult film and launched his commercial career. It also marked his first collaboration with Jack Nance, an actor who would appear in many more of Lynch's productions until his death in 1996. Lynch's other feature films include the critically successful The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001), all of which went on to earn Academy Award nominations, and the commercial flop Dune.
Lynch also branched out into television, and later, internet-based series. His first foray into the medium was Twin Peaks, a joint venture with Mark Frost. Twin Peaks became a cult success, leading to Lynch and Frost working together on a number of other projects, including On the Air and American Chronicles.
In 2002 Lynch began producing two series of shorts released through his official website: the Flash-animated DumbLand and Rabbits. Having begun acting in his 1972 short The Amputee, Lynch went on to appear on-camera in Twin Peaks, Zelly and Me, and Dune. From 2010 to 2013, Lynch appeared in a recurring voice role in the animated series The Cleveland Show.
Lynch was a supporting actor in the 2017 John Carroll Lynch film Lucky.

## Feature film

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Sound Designer | Notes |
| 1977 | Eraserhead | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Also editor, composer, art director, and special effects |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Also musical director, co-written with Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren |
| 1984 | Dune | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Co-written with Robert Engels |
| 1997 | Lost Highway | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Co-written with Barry Gifford |
| 1999 | The Straight Story | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| 2001 | Mulholland Drive | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also editor, cinematographer and part of construction team |

## Short film

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Notes |
| 1967 | Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Also animator |
| 1968 | Absurd Encounter with Fear | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1968 | Fictitious Anacin Commercial | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1968 | Sailing with Bushnell Keeler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1968 | The Alphabet | Yes | Yes | No | No | Also editor, cinematographer, animator and sound |
| 1968 | Early Experiments | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 16mm, from Lime Green DVD Set |
| 1970 | The Grandmother | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Also cinematographer, animator and sound effects |
| 1974 | The Amputee | Yes | No | No | Yes | Role: Unable and scared nurse |
| 1988 | The Cowboy and the Frenchman | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 1995 | Premonition Following an Evil Deed | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2001 | Sunset #1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2001 | Head with Hammer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2001 | Where Are the Bananas? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Combined with Darkened Room on the DVD release but originally a separate video. |
| 2001 | You're Not Supposed to Be Here | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2001 | Pierre and Sonny Jim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2001 | Steam Chain/Factory Mask | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2001 | Bees #1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Posted to YouTube in 2020 with alternate title, "Ball of Bees #1." |
| 2001 | Dead Mouse with Ants | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Coyote #1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Steps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Laura Palmer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | The Pig Walks | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | The Short Films of David Lynch Easter Egg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | BlueBob Egg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | Lunch with Lynch Contest Announcement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | Bees #2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Coyote #2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Kitchen Window | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | Lunch with Lynch Contest Drawing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | Darkened Room | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Also animator |
| 2002 | Industrial Soundscape | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2002 | The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | Bees #3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | Water Circus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | Bees #4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | Dining Room Window | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | Interior Dining Room | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | Lamp | Yes | No | No | Yes | Role: Himself |
| 2003 | Boat | Yes | No | No | No | Also editor |
| 2004 | Agave | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2004 | Painted Lady | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2004 | Bug Crawls | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2005 | Scene from a David Lynch DV Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | For Avid promotional film |
| 2007 | Intervalometer Experiments | Yes | No | No | No | Collection of Sunset #1, Steps, and Interior Dining Room. |
| 2007 | Absurda | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2007 | More Things That Happened | Yes | Yes | No | No | Also editor |
| 2007 | Ballerina | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2007 | David Lynch Cooks Quinoa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2010 | Dream #7 | Yes | No | No | No | Posted to YouTube in 2020 with the alternate title, The Mystery of the Seeing Hand. |
| 2010 | Lady Blue Shanghai | Yes | Yes | No | No | Also editor and composer |
| 2011 | The 3 Rs | Yes | Yes | No | No | Also editor and cinematographer |
| 2012 | Memory Film | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | For Serpentine Gallery Memory Marathon |
| 2013 | Idem Paris | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2015 | Fire (Pożar) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | What Did Jack Do? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Also editor Role: Detective |
| 2018 | This Video of David Lynch Is Not What It Seems | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | For Omaze |
| 2018 | Ant Head | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Waiting for Mr. Lynch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | For LEFFEST |
| 2020 | The Story of a Small Bug | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Role: Narrator at beginning Also editor |
| 2020 | The Adventures of Alan R. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | The Spider and the Bee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2020 | How Was Your Day Honey? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2024 | We'll Deliver 'Em | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Role: Voice Actor |
| 2024 | The Moon's Glow | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Role: Voice Actor |
| 2024 | Will There Be Anything Else? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Role: Voice Actor |

## Television

| Year | Title | Creator | Executive Producer | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | Yes | Yes | 6 episodes | 4 episodes | Co-created with Mark Frost |
| 1992 | On the Air | Yes | Yes | 1 episode | 2 episodes | Co-created with Mark Frost |
| 1993 | Hotel Room | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes | No | Also sound designer, Co-created with Monty Montgomery |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks: The Return | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also sound designer and additional editor, Co-created with Mark Frost |

## Web series

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator |
| 2002 | DumbLand | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2002 | Rabbits | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2002 | Cannes Diary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2002-2007 | Out Yonder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2005–2009 2020–2022 | Weather Reports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2020–2022 | What is David Working on Today? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2020–2022 | Today's Number Is... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

## Music videos

| Year | Song | Musician |
| 1990 | "Wicked Game" | Chris Isaak |
| 1992 | "A Real Indication" | Thought Gang |
| 1995 | "Longing" | X Japan |
| 1999 | "Thank You, Judge" | BlueBob |
| 2009 | "Shot in the Back of the Head" | Moby |
| 2010 | "I Touch a Red Button Man" | Interpol |
| 2010 | "Lion of Panjshir" | Ariana Delwari |
| 2012 | "Crazy Clown Time" | David Lynch |
| 2013 | "Came Back Haunted" | Nine Inch Nails |
| 2020 | "I Have a Radio" | David Lynch |
| 2021 | "I Am the Shaman" | Donovan |
| 2021 | "Gimme Some a That" | Donovan |
| 2024 | "Sublime Eternal Love" | Chrystabell & David Lynch |
| 2024 | "The Answers to the Questions" | Chrystabell & David Lynch |

## Commercials

| Year | Commercial Title | Subject |
| 1988 | "F. Scott Fitzgerald", "Ernest Hemingway", "D.H. Lawrence", "Flaubert" | Obsession by Calvin Klein |
| 1991 | "Mystery of G", "Cherry Pie", "Lost", "The Rescue" | Georgia Coffee |
| 1991 | "We Care About New York" | New York City Department of Sanitation |
| 1991 | — | Dangerous by Michael Jackson |
| 1992 | "Who Is Gio?" | Gio by Armani |
| 1992 | "Opium" | Opium by Yves Saint Laurent |
| 1993 | — | Alka-Seltzer Plus |
| 1993 | "Tresor" | Lancôme Tresor |
| 1993 | — | Barilla Pasta |
| 1993 | "Revealed" | American Cancer Society |
| 1993 | "The Instinct of Life" | Background by Jil Sander |
| 1993 | "The Wall" | Adidas |
| 1994 | "Sun Moon Stars" | Sun Moon Stars by Lagerfield |
| 1997 | "Dead Leaves", "Aunt Droid", "Nuclear Winter", "Rocket" | Sci-Fi Channel |
| 1997 | — | Clearblue Easy |
| 1997 | "Mountain Man" | Honda |
| 1998 | "Parisienne People" | Parisienne |
| 1999 | "Opium" | Opium by Yves Saint Laurent |
| 2000 | "Welcome to the Third Place" | PlayStation 2 |
| 2000 | "Un matin partout dans le monde" | JCDecaux |
| 2002 | "Do you speak Micra?" | Nissan Micra |
| 2002 | "Bucking Bronco" | Citroën |
| 2004 | "Fahrenheit" | Dior |
| 2004 | "Preference" | L'Oreal |
| 2007 | "Gucci" | Gucci |
| 2008 | "Revital Granas" | Shiseido |
| 2011 | "Doll Head" | David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee |
| 2012 | "Oh Yeah" | David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee |
| 2014 | — | Louboutin Rouge |

## Concert film

| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Himself | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1990 | Industrial Symphony No. 1 | Yes | Yes | No | Also composer | |
| 2014 | Duran Duran: Unstaged | Yes | No | Yes | | |

## Other works
### Acting roles

Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | Heart Beat | Painter | |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Man in Bowler Hat in Mob Chasing Merrick | Uncredited extra |
| 1984 | Dune | Spice Worker | Uncredited cameo |
| 1988 | Zelly and Me | Willie | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Gordon Cole | |
| 1994 | Nadja | Morgue Receptionist | Cameo |
| 1997 | Lost Highway | Morgue Attendant | Deleted scene |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Bucky J | Uncredited voice |
| 2017 | Girlfriend's Day | Narrator | Voice |
| 2017 | Lucky | Howard | |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | John Ford | |
Short film
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 2009 | Soul Detective | Detective | |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | Man in Black | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | Gordon Cole | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | DumbLand | All characters | Voice; 8 episodes |
| 2010–2013 | The Cleveland Show | Gus the Bartender | Voice; 20 episodes |
| 2010, 2016 | Family Guy | Gus the Bartender / Himself | Voice; episodes: "The Splendid Source" and "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" |
| 2012 | Louie | Jack Dall | Episodes: "Late Show - Part 2 & 3" |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks: The Return | Gordon Cole | 11 episodes |
| 2020, 2022 | Robot Chicken | Mad Scientist | Voice; episodes: "Endgame" and “May Cause Season 11 to End” |

### Documentary films

| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Himself |
| 1989 | David Lynch: Don't Look at Me | | | Yes |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks | | | Yes |
| 1990 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only | | | Yes |
| 1994 | Crumb | | Presenter | |
| 1998 | Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | | | Yes |
| 2001 | I Don't Know Jack | | | Yes |
| 2001 | Eraserhead Stories | Yes | | Yes |
| 2004 | Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | | | Yes |
| 2005 | Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | | | Yes |
| 2007 | Lynch | | | Yes |
| 2008 | School of Thought | | | Yes |
| 2008 | Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan | | | Yes |
| 2009 | Transcendendo Lynch | | | Yes |
| 2009 | Great Directors | | | Yes |
| 2010 | 2012: Time for Change | | | Yes |
| 2011 | Meditation Creativity Peace | | | Yes |
| 2012 | Side by Side | | | Yes |
| 2012 | Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | | | Yes |
| 2014 | It's a Beautiful World | | | Yes |
| 2016 | My Beautiful Broken Brain | | | Yes |
| 2016 | David Lynch: The Art Life | | | Yes |
| 2016 | Shadows of Paradise | | | Yes |
| 2021 | Moby Doc | | | Yes |
| 2024 | Beatles '64 | | | Yes |
| 2025 | I Know Catherine, the Log Lady | | | Yes |

### Executive producer

| Year | Title |
| 1991 | The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez |
| 1994 | Nadja |
| 2008 | Surveillance |
| 2009 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done |
| 2022 | The Other Me |
| TBA | The Happy Worker |