Tokyo, Japan, November 1984: Director David Lynch at a press conference in Tokyo. Lynch was in town promoting his latest film “Dune,” the Dino De Laurentiis epic film based on Frank Herbert’s best-selling science fiction novel.

Rebellious filmmaker David Lynch born Jan 20, 1946 has died earlier today at the age of 78. The accomplished painter, musician, writer, cartoonist, actor, director, and main creative force behind unsettling features like "Eraserhead,

David Lynch transformed the landscape of cinema with films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” and changed the parameters of television with “Twin Peaks.” From one project to the next, he repeatedly merged the surreal and nightmarish with the wholesome and quaint,