David Lynch's biography

David Keith Lynch is 76 years old film director born at Missoula. David was born on Sunday 20th of January 1946. He is often nicknamed as David Keith Lynch, David Lynch. According to year of birth 1946 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 20th of January means he is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.He was married 4 times.

He is native english speaker. He is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. He is roman catholic. David´s primary profession is to be film director. You can know David also as actor, screenwriter, composer, voice actor, musician, animator, painter, film editor, television actor, lyricist, songwriter, film actor, film producer, photographer, recording artist. He is recently known as writer.

David Lynch's family

David Lynch's ex wifes

Mary Sweeney

David Lynch and Mary Sweeney have been together less than a year in 2006. She is known as film editor. His ex wife was born on Thursday 1st of January 1953 in Madison.

Emily Stofle

David Lynch and Emily Stofle have been together.

Peggy Reavey

David Lynch and Peggy Reavey have been together since 1967 for 7 years.

Mary Fisk

David Lynch and Mary Fisk have been together.

David has 1 son and 1 daughter

David Lynch's son: Austin Jack Lynch

David Lynch's son's name is Austin Jack Lynch. His son was born on Tuesday 7th of September 1982.

David Lynch's daughter: Jennifer Lynch

David Lynch's daughter's name is Jennifer Lynch. She is known as film director. David´s daughter was born on Sunday 7th of April 1968 in Philadelphia.

David Lynch's schools

We found 5 schools David attended. Complete list of schools: George Washington University, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, AFI Conservatory, Francis C. Hammond Middle School, Corcoran College of Art and Design.

Detailed informations about his schools

David studied university - Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (one year), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, AFI Conservatory, Los Angeles.

David Lynch's career

His main focus is to be film director. David is famous thanks to Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet.

Is David Lynch gay ?

David is known to be straight.

David Lynch's girlfriend

Isabella Rossellini

David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini have been together. She is known as model. David´s girlfriend was born on Wednesday 18th of June 1952 in Rome.

Awards and competitions

David Lynch's Awards

He received award for Palme d'Or for work Wild at Heart in 1990
David received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work Mulholland Drive in 2001
David received award for César Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Elephant Man in 1982
He received award for European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for work The Straight Story in 1999

David Lynch's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
David was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
David was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for work The Straight Story in 1999

What else you don't know about David Lynch ?

David´s middle name is Keith.

What David Lynch has done for a first time

Daughter, Director Jennifer Lynch (b. 1968), with first wife actress Peggy Lynch. Son, Austin Jack Lynch (b. 1982), with second wife Mary Fisk. Son, Riley Lynch (b. 1992), with film editor Mary Sweeney (she later became his third wife).
At the 1986 Montreal Film Festival, where Blue Velvet first premiered, he met Giulietta Masina, wife & frequent muse of Federico Fellini, one of his favorite film directors.

David Lynch's quotes

I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I become very nervous when I go to a film because I worry so much about the director and it is hard for me to digest my popcorn.
It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because the meaning, it's a very personal thing, and the meaning for me is different than the meaning for somebody else.
I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.
I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it.
[on plans to build 100 transcendental meditation centers to bring an end to crime and war]: "Peace could be on this Earth this year. It would be a whole new world."
I would rather not make a film than make one where I don't have final cut.
All my movies are about strange worlds that you can't go into unless you build them and film them. That's what's so important about film to me. I just like going into strange worlds.
My mother refused to give me coloring books as a child. She probably saved me, Because when you think about it, what a coloring book does is completely kill creativity.
There's something deeply satisfying about directing the flow of water.
Cigarettes are pretty much my worst vice, and I even stopped smoking for 20 years. I spend most of my free time with my family and working on art.
[on actor Kyle MacLachlan]: "What do we do together? I have a pretty good cappuccino machine, and anytime he gets the urge, he comes on over. We talk about the problems associated with getting a good cup of coffee."
In a large city I realized there was a large amount of fear. Coming from the Northwest, it kind of hits you like a train.
There was nothing much going on upstairs until the age of nineteen.
As a teenager, I was really trying to have fun 24 hours a day. I didn't start thinking until I was 20 or 21. I was doing regular goof-ball stuff.
[on his 1965 sojourn to Europe to study art] I didn't take to Europe. I was all the time thinking, "This is where I'm going to be painting". And there was no inspiration there at all for the kind of work I wanted to do.
[on his 1965 sojourn to Europe to study art] I intended to stay three years. Instead, I stayed 15 days! I remember lying in an Athens basement with lizards crawling along the walls and contemplating that I was 7,000 miles from McDonalds!
[on why his officially sanctioned DVDs contain no chapter stops] It is my opinion that a film is not like a book--it should not be broken up. It is a continuum and should be seen as such.
Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.
I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.
[remarking about Elvis Presley's reported comment to one of his backup singers that he thought no one would remember him] That's incredible. Elvis swims in our minds, and in the emotions all through time.
[on Eyes Wide Shut (1999)] I really love Eyes Wide Shut. I just wonder if Stanley Kubrick really did finish it the way he wanted to before he died.
[on actress Joan Chen] She's the best thing from China since pasta - and much more beautiful. (People, May 04, 1992)
[on actress Sherilyn Fenn] She's a mysterious girl and I think that actresses like her who have a mystery - where there's something hiding beneath the surface - are the really interesting ones. (Premiere UK, July 1993)
[on The Straight Story (1999)] Some people still wait for something very bad to happen in the movie. Also, somebody was standing in line for a preview screening and a lady behind them said, 'Isn't it odd that there are two directors named David Lynch.'
I loved smoking cigarettes as a child. I loved matches. I loved lighting matches.
It's thrilling for me to play an electric guitar. I like to think of it as a gasoline-powered engine. Running rough, with a loud muffler.
An inner anger is poison. A person who is angry is poisoning them self and poisoning the environment.
I say Eraserhead (1977) is my The Philadelphia Story (1940). I like smoke and fire and the sounds of the factories.
I always give credit to Angelo Badalamenti for bringing me into the world of music.
I'm in a transition. I am painting, and I am painting over and then painting, and then painting over, and destroying, and painting, and destroying, and painting over.
Be true to yourself. Find your own voice and be true to that voice. Never take a bad idea, but never turn down a good idea. And, of course, have final cut.
Every idea that you fall in love with is a gift. How the ideas come is the trick.
[on being asked if he takes drugs] Yes, I eat a tremendous amount of sugar!

David Lynch's height, body shape

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