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DavidLynch is a widely acclaimed and influential director of film and television. Like AlfredHitchcock and AkiraKurosawa, he was originally trained as a painter. He made a short film called ''[[{{Squick}} Six Men Getting Sick]]'', which won a cash prize. From this point forward, he would be a professional filmmaker.

Some of the obvious influences on his films are Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, ''TheWizardOfOz'', 1950s pop music, Tod Browning and Luis Buñuel.

[[SailorMoon Kunihiko]] [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Ikuhara]] [[CrazyAwesome wants to collaborate with him some day.]] [[BeyondTheImpossible Their powers combined will pierce the heavens.]]

Mr. Lynch's filmography includes:
* Many short films and music videos
* ''{{Eraserhead}}''
* ''TheElephantMan''
* ''{{Dune}}''
* ''BlueVelvet''
* ''Wild at Heart''
* ''TwinPeaks''
* ''Lost Highway''
* ''The Straight Story'' - Wait for it...'''''a G-rated Disney movie.''''' Has a coherent plot and everything!
* ''MulhollandDrive''
* ''InlandEmpire''
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!!Tropes in Mr. Lynch's movies and life include:
* AlanSmithee - For the long version of ''Dune''. The director's cut is considerably ''shorter''.
* AmnesiacDissonance
* ArcWords - There is not a single David Lynch film that doesn't depend on the use of repeated cryptic phrases to set a spooky or dreamlike mood.
* BigOlEyebrows - The Mentats in ''Dune''
* BodyMotifs - head injuries
* CircusOfFear - The Elephant Man tries to escape one
* CrypticConversation - All the time
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Lynch is certainly one of these. An article once described him as "Jimmy Stewart from Mars."
* DadaComics - His comic ''The Angriest Dog in the World'' inspired DinosaurComics
* DyingDream - [[spoiler:Mulholland Drive]] OrIsIt?
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory - some of the more probable guesses as to what his films mean
* TheFifties - None of his works are actually set in the fifties, but most of them are visually and thematically very clearly influenced by the era.
* FisherKing - in ''Dune''
* GrotesqueGallery
* MeghanBox - ''MulhollandDrive''
* MindScrew - Mr. Lynch is a mental Lothario.
* MythArc - averted trope
* NightmareFuelUnleaded - If something happens in a David Lynch movie, it qualifies for this trope.
* NightmareValley - Some of his commercials, and Michael J. Anderson's role in ''Mulholland Drive''.
* NonActorVehicle - Sting in ''Dune''
* ProductionPosse and SpiritualSuccessor - Many of his films share themes, crew, actors and [[spoiler:occasionally even characters]].
** WordOfGod also states that ''MulhollandDrive'' takes place in the same universe as ''TwinPeaks'', which explains a few things.
* PsychicNosebleed - When Paul takes the Water of Life. Quite possibly Henry's nosebleed in ''Eraserhead''
* ScareChord
* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl - [[AuthorAppeal a favorite character type]]
* ShrugOfGod - Lynch flat refuses to explain his movies, and that goes times ten for how he made Eraserhead's baby.
* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVsFantastic - Fucked with. Brutally.
* SurrealHorror
* TheChrisCarterEffect - [[spoiler:Lynch never planned to reveal anything on ''TwinPeaks''.]]
* TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised - ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me''
* TomatoInTheMirror - part of the plot of ''Mulholland Drive'', [[OrIsIt maybe]].
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
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