The film director’s family said he passed away at the age of 78

David Lynch, The American writer-filmmaker, whose works include Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died at the age of 78.

Lynch’s death was announced by his family on his official Facebook page.

“There is a huge hole in the world now that he is no longer with us,” the post read.

“But, as he used to say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.’ … It was a beautiful day with golden sunshine and clear blue skies.”

Lynch has received three best director Oscar nominations throughout his career for Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive.

His last major project was Twin Peaks: The Return, which aired in 2017 and continued the television series’ two-season run in the early 1990s.

Many of his films are famous for their surreal, dreamlike quality.

Eraserhead, his first major release in 1977, was filled with dark, disturbing imagery.

A BBC reviewer: “While his imagination clearly had an eye for things with visceral power, this remains an unremarkable feat by later standards of he”. speak of the 2001 film

He won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival for the 1990 film Wild at Heart.

His work was recognized at the 2020 Academy Awards when he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award.

Lynch revealed last August he was battling emphysema, a chronic lung disease, caused by “years of smoking”.

The director said that despite his diagnosis, he is still in “excellent form” and will “never retire”.

But his condition worsened within months. In a November interview to People magazine, he said he needed oxygen to walk.

Born in Missoula, Montana, Lynch began his career as a painter before turning to short films in the 1960s.