David Lynch

Born in Montana in 1946, David Lynch spent most of his childhood sketching and painting. In 1965, he went on to study fine arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where his passion for the moving image was stirred: working alone in his studio, he saw a soft wind gently move the objects stuck onto the canvas before him, and six months later, his first experimental short film was completed.

This gave birth to one of the world's most treasured filmmakers, and the youngest director to receive the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, awarded in September 2006 after the premiere of his new film, Inland Empire (2006).

Throughout his career, Lynch has actively continued painting, photographing, and drawing, and has even broadened his artistic practice to include animation, music composition, and sound production.