Lynch had been worried that his uncompromising previous film would put the producer off – “I was afraid that if Mel Brooks saw Eraserhead, I would never get the job directing The Elephant Man ...

David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for Blue Velvet, The ...

Before cementing his legacy as one of Hollywood’s most stylistic directors, David Lynch tried to impress executive producer Mel Brooks at the helm of the 1980 movie The Elephant Man. He ...

David Lynch as John Ford in 'The Fabelmans' Universal Pictures Steven Spielberg knew what he was doing when he cast David Lynch as John Ford in The Fabelmans; already, in 2022, the director had ...

The beloved director was known for his surreal works like "Blue Velvet," "Mulholland Drive," and "Twin Peaks." ...

It led to an invitation from Mel Brooks’s production company to direct The Elephant Man, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. Lynch said: “That kind of put me on the map — it was a big ...

This unlikely moniker was assigned to filmmaker and painter David Lynch, who has died aged 78, by his producer on The Elephant Man, Mel Brooks. Brooks hired him after experiencing Lynch's first ...

David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for Blue Velvet, The ...

Lynch, a former Eagle Scout who was once described by producer Mel Brooks as "Jimmy ... After seeing the film, Brooks, the producer of "The Elephant Man," hired Lynch to direct it.

David Lynch—the visionary director of Twin Peaks and films such as Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and Inland Empire —has died. His family announced the filmmaker’s death in ...