His sinister, surreal vision of America made him a leading counterculture auteur — with movies such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks.

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”

David Lynch, the creator of the television series "Twin Peaks" and the director of "Dune," passed away at the age of 78.

David Lynch, the artist, filmmaker, and musician who mined the strange and the surreal over four decades, has died.

David Lynch, who made films and television shows unlike anyone else, has died at 78, his family said in a statement Thursday.

Lynch was far more revered in Europe than in America, but he was a particularly American artist. Like one of his idols, Elvis Presley, Lynch was one those unique cultural figures who embodied both the optimism and nightmare of the American dream.

A primer for David Lynch’s best movies and TV shows, from “Twin Peaks” to “Blue Velvet,” to be enjoyed in a dark room with a big cup of black coffee.

Lynch delivered a brief and charming weather report, which he uploaded to YouTube. Often wearing shades, with the blisteringly bright sunlight faintly framing a palm tree just outside of his window, Lynch reported on slight breezes,

The pioneering writer and director, whose haunting, surreal works include the film Mulholland Drive and the TV show Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78.

David Lynch, the visionary director behind films like "Blue Velvet" and the TV series "Twin Peaks," has died at age 78, after revealing a battle with emphysema last year.

With the announcement that the great David Lynch died on January 16, the world hasn’t just lost one of its greatest filmmakers: It’s lost one of its greatest artists, period. The work of a filmmaker whose sensibility was certainly not for the masses,