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Reuters - 'Twin Peaks' creator and filmmaker David Lynch dies at 78
By Patricia Reaney
January 16, 20251:51 PM EST
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for "Blue Velvet," "The Elephant Man" and "Mulholland Drive" and co-created the groundbreaking TV series "Twin Peaks," has died at age 78, his family said on Thursday.
"It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch," a statement on Lynch's Facebook page said. "There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.'"
With his visually stunning, disturbing and inscrutable works filled with dream sequences and bizarre images, Lynch was considered a master of surrealism and one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation.
He received an honorary Academy Award in 2019 for his lifetime achievements.
The enigmatic artist and devotee of transcendental meditation preferred not to explain his complex, bewildering films, which included "Wild at Heart," the 1990 Palme d'Or winner of the Cannes Film Festival, the 1977 horror film "Eraserhead" and the 1997 mystery "Lost Highway."
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By Patricia Reaney
January 16, 20251:51 PM EST
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for "Blue Velvet," "The Elephant Man" and "Mulholland Drive" and co-created the groundbreaking TV series "Twin Peaks," has died at age 78, his family said on Thursday.
"It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch," a statement on Lynch's Facebook page said. "There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.'"
With his visually stunning, disturbing and inscrutable works filled with dream sequences and bizarre images, Lynch was considered a master of surrealism and one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation.
He received an honorary Academy Award in 2019 for his lifetime achievements.
The enigmatic artist and devotee of transcendental meditation preferred not to explain his complex, bewildering films, which included "Wild at Heart," the 1990 Palme d'Or winner of the Cannes Film Festival, the 1977 horror film "Eraserhead" and the 1997 mystery "Lost Highway."
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Cross gently, David.
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