David Lynch
David Lynch is a film director and screenwriter associated with American cinema in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His work is characterized by non-linear narrative, surreal imagery, and the depiction of psychological and dreamlike states.
Lynch is discussed in film studies, American cinema history, and analyses of surrealist and experimental filmmaking.
Status
Lynch’s films are examined for their narrative ambiguity, sound design, and visual motifs. Interpretations situate his work within traditions of surrealism, experimental cinema, and television–film crossover practices.