The late director’s unique vision and the love that his persona inspires make it easy to forget how winding his path to greatness was.

David Lynch admitted in the years leading up to his death that his least favorite project was his third feature film, calling it a 'total failure' in his eyes. The director's family announced his death at age 78 on Jan.

With the announcement that the great David Lynch died on January 16, the world hasn’t just lost one of its greatest filmmakers: It’s lost one of its greatest artists, period. The work of a filmmaker whose sensibility was certainly not for the masses,

The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists

Julia Fox honors David Lynch’s legacy while at the "Presence" premiere. The famous director known for dark films such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks” died this week at 78.

David Lynch will forever be known as a film auteur, though the consummate artist never restricted himself to a single medium. Painting, radio and even coffee production all fell within his repertoire - but Lynch's final work as a director was "Twin Peaks: The Return.

Twin Peaks' Creator and Filmmaker David Lynch Dies at 76 LOS ANGELES (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,