DAVID LYNCH

Who is he? David Lynch is an American

film-maker, television director, visual artist, etc.. He is most known for his 'surrealist' films and has developed his own unique cinematic style throughout his career; Lynchian.

Lynch produced his first motion picture; Eraserhead in 1977. The film is categorized within the horror genre. After the film gained quite a lot of attention and was successful, Lynch was hired to direct 'The Elephant Man' which brought him mainstream success within the industry.

Lynchian This style can be identified through

the use typical conventions, such as dream-like imagery and meticulous sound design. There are several recurring themes within Lynch's work and film critics have stated that his films are "so packed with motifs, recurrent characters, images, compositions and techniques that you could view his entire output as one large jigsaw puzzle of ideas"

There are several other themes which are recurrent within Lynch's works such as, industry which is displayed through the use of repeated imagery of machinery in Eraserhead and the factories in Elephant.

Another recurrent theme is the idea of a "dark underbelly" of criminal activity within a society for example, the cocaine smugglers in Twin Peaks..

Twin Peaks

Lastly, the idea of deformity is found in several of Lynch's films. This is displayed in 'The Elephant Man' and the deformed baby in Eraser head as well as a few other of his works.

Short Films.. As well as producing many

feature films, Lynch was also well known for producing short films with his most recent being 'Idem Paris' which he produced in 2013. A few others of his short films include, 'Absurda', 'Ballerina' and 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman'.

The Cowboy and The Frenchman

Collaborations.. Throughout his career Lynch has

worked with many different actors/actresses most notably, Laura Dern (who worked on 3 feature films alongside Lynch) and Kyle MacLachlan who also worked on several projects with Lynch and has been described as an 'on-screen reincarnation of Lynch's own persona'. A few others include, Frances Bay, Freddie Jones and Frank Silva.

Twin Peaks

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