Filmmaker David Lynch, famous for visionary movies like 'Blue Velvet' and the television show 'Twin Peaks,' has died at the age of 78.
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Director David Lynch stands outdoors in front of Packard vehicle in Los Angeles in 1986. (Photo by Bonnie Schiffman/Getty Images) (Bonnie Schiffman Photography/Getty Images)
Director David Lynch gives his thumb up after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the 12th Rome Film Fest in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) (Domenico Stinellis/The Associated Press)
American director David Lynch (R) in London, with Sting (L) and Francesca Annis (M), actors from the 1984 film Dune which David Lynch produced. 7th March 1984. (Photo by william karel/Sygma via Getty Images) (william karel/william karel)
From left to right, actor Michael Ontkean, director David Lynch and writer-producer Mark Frost, the star and co-creators of cult television show 'Twin Peaks', circa 1990. (Photo by Bob Grant/Fotos International/Getty Images) (Bob Grant/Getty Images)
David Lynch and Isabella Rosselini pose with actors from 'Wild at Heart' -- Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, and Laura Dern -- at the 43rd Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 1990. (Photo by James Andanson/Sygma via Getty Images) (James Andanson/James Andanson)
David Lynch on the set of his film "Straight Story" in Clermont, Iowa, October 1998. (Photo by William Campbell/Sygma via Getty Images) (William Campbell/William Campbell)
David Lynch joins Twin Peaks cast members Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Sheryl Lee and Russ Tamblyn at the Bigfoot Lodge for the after party celebrating the forthcoming Blu-ray Disc release of Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Casey Rodgers/Invision for CBS HE and Paramount/AP Images) (Casey Rodgers/The Associated Press)
Actor Dean Stockwell, actress Francesca Annis and David Lynch on the set of "Dune". (Photo by Nancy Moran/Sygma via Getty Images) (Nancy Moran/Nancy Moran)
David Lynch signs autographs as he walks red carpet during the 12th Rome Film Fest at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on Nov. 4, 2017 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images) (Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images)
'Mulholland Drive' stars Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring with David Lynch in 2001. (Photo by Toni Anne Barson/WireImage) (Toni Anne Barson Archive/WireImage)
Close-up of movie director David Lynch, looking through Panavision Panaflex movie camera as he directs filming of 'Wild at Heart.' (Photo by Acey Harper/Getty Images) (Acey Harper/Getty Images)
Director David Lynch poses for a portrait session in his office in Los Angeles, California in October 1984. (Photo by Ann Summa/Getty Images) (Ann Summa/Getty Images)
Director David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini attend ShoWest Convention on February 24, 1988 at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty)
'Inland Empire' cast members Jeremy Irons, Laura Dern and Justin Theroux with David Lynch at the 63rd Venice Film Festival in 2006. (Photo by J. Vespa/WireImage) (J. Vespa/WireImage)
Director David Lynch smokes a cigarette as he attends the 'Twin Peaks' screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 25, 2017 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images) (Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images)
Actress Laura Dern, director David Lynch, and actor Mark Ruffalo pose together after Dern received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) (Matt Sayles/The Associated Press)
Naomi Watts speaks with David Lynch prior to accepting her award for her Breakthrough performance in Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' during Movieline's first annual Breakthrough of the Year awards at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001. (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage) (Michael Caulfield Archive/WireImage)
Laura Dern, David Lynch and Justin Theroux during AFI Fest 2006 Presented by Audi Presents 'Inland Empire' at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/WireImage) (Matthew Simmons/WireImage)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, David Lynch, Sharon Stone and Sir Elton John at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 during an amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS Gala sponsored by Motorola and co-sponsored by De Beers. (Photo by J. Vespa/WireImage) (J. Vespa/WireImage)
Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek and David Lynch attend the 52th Cannes Film Festival for Lynch's film 'The Straight Story' in May 1999 in Cannes, France. (Photo by FocKan/WireImage) (Foc Kan/WireImage)
David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan attend the premiere of Showtime's 'Twin Peaks' at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on May 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini, and David Lynch speak onstage during the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 11th Annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on October 27, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
David Lynch, left, signs autographs after he was awarded the Title Doctor Honoris Cause in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) (VALENTINA PETROVA/The Associated Press)
Director David Lynch shows the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award received at the 63rd edition of the Venice film festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday Sept. 6, 2006.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (LUCA BRUNO/AP)
David Lynch speaks at the David Lynch Foundation Music Celebration at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press)
U.S. film director David Lynch poses next to one of eleven windows created as part of his Machines, Abstractions and Women exhibit at the Galerie Lafayette department store in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (JACQUES BRINON/The Associated Press)
David Lynch poses in front of his painting "Wajunga Red Dog 2005", at the Fondation Cartier for modern art in Paris, Thursday, March 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (MICHEL EULER/AP)
Director David Lynch speaks, left, as actress Sissy Spacek reacts while receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg) (Dan Steinberg/The Associated Press)
Actor Jim Carrey, left, and director David Lynch appear on stage during the David Lynch Foundation Honors Ringo Star "A Lifetime of Peace & Love" event held at the El Rey Theatre on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP) (Paul A. Hebert/The Associated Press)
Producer Sabrina S. Sutherland, second left, Emily Stofle, director David Lynch actor Kyle MacLachlan, and Desiree Gruber, left, pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the TV show Twin Peaks at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 25, 2017(AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (Alastair Grant/The Associated Press)
David Lynch views his art during a press preview of David Lynch: The Unified Field, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, at his former school The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press)
