Though the officially presentation will happen in February, the 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Blue Velvet' writer-director was able to accept the prize in late 2024, before his death on Jan. 16.
Screenwriter and director David Lynch, who died this month, has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
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 Oscar-nominated filmmaker who brought surrealist storytelling to the mainstream via 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' has died. He was 78.
(NEXSTAR) – David Lynch, the filmmaker and director behind such movies as “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died, his family announced in a message posted to his official Facebook page. Lynch was 78.
Lynch, who was born in Montana in 1946, was a writer, director and painter who studied at the American Film Institute. He first broke into the movie scene in 1977 when he turned his thesis project into his first feature film "Eraserhead," a black-and-white surrealist indie film that quickly gained notoriety as a midnight movie.
Following his death, revisit David Lynch's most iconic movies at home with this Blu-ray box set, featuring "Mulholland Drive, "Blue Velvet" and more.
Lynch was diagnosed with emphysema in 2024. LOS ANGELES - David Lynch, renowned filmmaker and artist, has died, according to a post published on his official Facebook account. He was 78 years old.
David Lynch's passing comes just months after he confirmed that health issues related to emphysema had forced him to retire from filmmaking.
The late Twin Peaks director David Lynch is to be honoured with the 2025 Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. Lynch, who also directed Blue Velvet (1986), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Eraserhead (1977),
Oscar-nominated director David Lynch, best known for films such as “Blue Velvet” and “The Elephant Man” and the quirky television drama “Twin Peaks,” has died at age 78. His family announced his death on social media, saying “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch.”
David Lynch ... It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” “They mean different things to different people,” Lynch said of his films in a 1990 interview ...