David Lynch is dead, the American filmmaker and director of “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive” was 78 years old

The director of “Twin Peaks”, “Elephant Man” and “Mulholland Drive” has died at the age of 78.

American filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78, his family announced in a post on Facebook, published this Thursday, January 16. “ There is a big void in the world now that he is no longer there. », Wrote his family who asked to respect his privacy and his mourning and did not give details on the causes of his death.

David Lynch, a giant of American cinema with immense influence, was notably the director of « Twin Peaks », « Elephant Man » et « Mulholland Drive ».

The director, author of ten feature films released between 1977 and 2006, had captivated a cohort of admirers fascinated by the disturbing strangeness of his films.

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Disturbing and haunting atmosphere

Born in 1946 in Montana (northwest United States), David Lynch is considered a master of cinema who revolutionized the image and marked this art with the disturbing and haunting atmosphere of these films.

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From the black and white zombie story « Erasehead » (1977), his first feature film financed by odd jobs, one of his consecrations with « Sailor et Lula » (1990), Palme d’Or at Cannes, most of his works have become cult.

Another masterpiece for critics, « Elephant Man » (1980), moving film about a deformed creature from Victorian England.

In 1990, he created « Twin Peaks »a legendary series that revolutionizes the genre and transforms millions of viewers into detectives haunted by the mysteries it unravels over two seasons. A quarter of a century later, he did it again with « Twin Peaks : The Return » (2017).

Nominated several times for the Oscars, he received an honorary statuette in 2019 for his entire filmography. In France, he won the César for best foreign film for « Mullholland Drive ».