David Lynch



 

David Lynch

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born
January 20, 1946

place of birth
Missoula, Montana, United States

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genre
Arts & Photography, Entertainment, Mystery & Thrillers

influences
Francis Bacon, Alfred Hitchcock


about this author

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married, and fathered future director Jennifer Chambers Lynch shortly after he turned 21. That experience, plus attending art school in a particularly violent and run-down area of Philadelphia, inspired ERASERHEAD(1977), a film that he began in the early 1970s (after a couple of shorts) and which he would work on obsessively for five years. The final film was initially judged to be almost unreleasable, but thanks to the efforts of distributor Ben Barenholtz, it secured a cult following and enabled...more




books by David Lynch

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avg rating: 3.78 | 730 ratings | 40 distinct works
Catching the Big Fish: Meditat... Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by David Lynch
avg rating 3.68 — 469 ratings — published 2006
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Lost Highway Lost Highway (Paperback)
by David Lynch
avg rating 4.00 — 100 ratings — published 1997
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Images Images (Hardcover)
by David Lynch
avg rating 4.24 — 54 ratings — published 1994
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Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to... Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to the Town (Paperback)
by David Lynch
avg rating 3.37 — 46 ratings — published 1991
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Lynch on Lynch Lynch on Lynch (Paperback)
by David Lynch
avg rating 4.47 — 19 ratings — published 1999
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David Lynch David Lynch (Hardcover)
by David Lynch
avg rating 4.22 — 18 ratings — published 2007
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David Lynch: The Air Is on Fir... David Lynch: The Air Is on Fire (Art)
by David Lynch
avg rating 3.30 — 10 ratings — published 2007
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Shooting Draft)
by David Lynch
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1990
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David Lynch: Snowmen David Lynch: Snowmen (Hardcover)
by David Lynch
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2007
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Radical Politics in Modern Ire... Radical Politics in Modern Ireland: The History of the Irish Socialist Republican Party 1896-1904 (Hardcover)
by David Lynch
avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 2005
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quotes by David Lynch

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"My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me."
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"There's always fear of the unknown where there's mystery"
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"In a Town like Twin Peaks noone is innocent"
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