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Lynch was born in Montana and grew up all around the United States as his father, a research scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, needed to relocate frequently. His idyllic upbringing and fascination with small-town America would inform much of his work. He became interested in art at an young age and has continued to draw and paint alongside his career in cinema. His work is characterized by its surrealist and disorienting style and sometimes violent and disturbing imagery. His films often carry recurring themes and devices, and their sound design is frequently tantamount to their visuals.
He began making films as a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and his first major film, ''Eraserhead'', gained him a cult following in the late seventies, but his breakthrough wouldn't come until 1986 with ''Blue Velvet''. He later helmed the TV series ''Twin Peaks'' with Mark Frost, which brought him to a much more mainstream audience and also proved highly influential on many other television shows in its wake. The popularity of his films after this point began to decline, but he had a return to form with ''Mulholland Drive'' in 2001. A continuation of ''Twin Peaks'' under the title ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' was brought back to TV in 2017. Lynch has also recorded two albums, ''Crazy Clown Time'' and ''The Big Dream'', and is also an accomplished photographer.
==Connections with NIN/Reznor==
*In a Q+A session before the [[2017/09/15_Chicago,_IL|2017 Riot Fest show]], it was revealed that "[[She's Gone Away]]" was written specifically for ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' and that a different (and possibly unreleased) song was originally presented to Lynch, who rejected it, asking for something edgier.
*Nine Inch Nails (billed as "The Nine Inch Nails" and consisting of Reznor, [[Robin Finck]], [[Mariqueen Maandig]], [[Atticus Ross]], [[Alessandro Cortini]] and Joey Castillo of [[Queens Of The Stone Age]]) appeared in an episode of ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' doing a mimed performance of the song, which also appears on the soundtrack for the new series.
*An Angelo Badalamenti piece from the ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' soundtrack called "[[The Fireman]]" was used as intro music during the [[I Can't Seem To Wake Up 2017]] and [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour|Cold And Black And Infinite]] tours.