The late Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director’s canon has left a lasting imprint on musicians and sound designers

Billy Corgan, Scott Ian and more have provided their recollections of working with Lynch, while others have praised his influential works.

Lynch was a onetime artist who broke through in the 1970s with the surreal “Eraserhead” and rarely failed to startle and inspire audiences and peers in the following decades.

The American filmmaker who was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in movies such as Blue Velvet has died just days before his 79th birthday.

Duran Duran have paid their respects to David Lynch describing him as a “creative superhero” and “enormous inspiration”. The veteran director and Twin Peaks creator’s death was announced yesterday (January 16) by his family and came after he was reportedly “forced to relocate from his house” due to the Los Angeles wildfires. He was aged 78.

Numerous leaders in entertainment, celebrities, and former collaborators have mourned the death of revolutionary filmmaker David Lynch.

David Lynch, the legendary filmmaker known for the likes of Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and the TV series Twin Peaks, has died at the age of 78. The news was confirmed by his family in a Facebook post.

Director David Lynch, known for the surreal TV series Twin Peaks and films such as Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, has died aged 78. A post on his official Facebook page read: “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch.

Wild At Heart actor Nicolas Cage has paid tribute to “singular genius” film director David Lynch, after his death aged 78. The director, known for the surreal TV series Twin Peaks and films such as Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, died on Thursday. His family confirmed the news on his official Facebook page.

With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.