Deceased
David Lynch
Risk 100Filmmaker
78 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn January 20, 1946
The mastermind behind *Twin Peaks*, *Blue Velvet*, and *Mulholland Drive* made surrealism so distinctly his own that "Lynchian" became an actual word. At 78, Lynch has spent decades pulling audiences into fever-dream narratives where nothing is quite as it seems—and after a lifetime of chain-smoking that led him to quit directing due to emphysema, he's become as enigmatic as his filmography. A living legend with a Golden Lion and Honorary Oscar on the shelf, he's proof that the weird ones leave the biggest mark. (98 words)
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About David Lynch
The mastermind behind *Twin Peaks*, *Blue Velvet*, and *Mulholland Drive* made surrealism so distinctly his own that "Lynchian" became an actual word. At 78, Lynch has spent decades pulling audiences into fever-dream narratives where nothing is quite as it seems—and after a lifetime of chain-smoking that led him to quit directing due to emphysema, he's become as enigmatic as his filmography. A living legend with a Golden Lion and Honorary Oscar on the shelf, he's proof that the weird ones leave the biggest mark.
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