“My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave…” began Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts on Instagram about the death of that movie’s filmmaker David Lynch. “The world will not be the same without him. His creative mentorship was truly powerful,” she wrote.

After starting her career in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Watts scored her breakout role in Lynch’s 2001 mystery thriller Mulholland Drive. She portrayed lookalikes Betty Elms and Diane Selwyn, the former of which worked to help a woman with amnesia named Rita (played by Laura Harring) unravel the truth of her identity.

The visionary "Twin Peaks" filmmaker is remembered as a complete original and built up quite the list of collaborators since 1984's "Dune."

David Lynch, who died Thursday at age 78, was remembered by his many collaborators, as well as those he inspired, such as "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly.

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

David Lynch, whose career spanned more than 50 years, directed surrealist mystery Mulholland Drive, in which Naomi Watts, from Shoreham, Kent, played a lead character

Nicolas Cage, Naomi Watts and Patricia Arquette are among the stars to pay tribute to the late David Lynch.

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

The hours since the death of artist and film director David Lynch on January 16 have seen a huge outpouring of love. Tributes have come from those who

Chris Isaak penned an emotional tribute to David Lynch on Friday, a day after the legendary director died at age 78.

Isabella Rossellini, who rose to prominence through her role in David Lynch's film 'Blue Velvet', posted a nostalgic photo of the two on Instagram