Beloved director and filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78, and Hollywood is mourning one of its most visionary artists. Lynch's family announced the news of his passing via a Facebook post on Thursday (Jan.

Director David Lynch, known for the surreal TV series Twin Peaks and films such as Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, has died aged 78. A post on his official Facebook page read: “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch.

Billy Corgan has shared a tribute to late filmmaker David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday.In an Instagram post, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman writes

David Lynch, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died at the age of 78...

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday.

Tributes pour in as Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director dies aged 78 - The ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Elephant Man’ director was described as ‘the first populist surrealist’

Lynch was a onetime artist who broke through in the 1970s with the surreal “Eraserhead” and rarely failed to startle and inspire audiences and peers in the following decades.

Director David Lynch, known for the surreal TV series Twin Peaks and films such as Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, has died aged 78. The US director's work was known for its dreamlike, surreal quality, with his films also including The Elephant Man (1980), Wild At Heart (1990) and Mulholland Drive (2001).

The American filmmaker who was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in movies such as Blue Velvet has died just days before his 79th birthday.

Lynch's notable releases ranged from the neo-noir Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and the eccentric Twin Peaks. | ITV National News

Duran Duran have paid their respects to David Lynch describing him as a “creative superhero” and “enormous inspiration”. The veteran director and Twin Peaks creator’s death was announced yesterday (January 16) by his family and came after he was reportedly “forced to relocate from his house” due to the Los Angeles wildfires. He was aged 78.

The late Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director’s canon has left a lasting imprint on musicians and sound designers