Source: Variety
“Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ and network television with ‘Twin Peaks,’ has died. He was 78. Lynch revealed in 2024 that he had been diagnosed with emphysema after a lifetime of smoking, and would likely not be able to leave his house to direct any longer. … A four-time Oscar nominee, Lynch received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2020. After years spent as a painter and a maker of short animated and live action films, Lynch burst onto the scene with his 1977 feature debut ‘Eraserhead,’ a horrific, black-humored work that became a disturbing fixture on the midnight movie circuit.” (01/16/25)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/