The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.

David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominee behind ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘The Elephant Man’ who also created TV's ‘Twin Peaks,’ has died at 78.

David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind such cult classics as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive has died. He was 78. Lynch’s death was announced in a Facebook post by his family on Thursday afternoon.