David Lynch, an influential director known for his unique and surrealistic films and TV shows including “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78.

Before Netflix, before sagas like “Game of Thrones” — before high-speed internet — there was “Twin Peaks.” David Lynch’s weird police procedural, which aired 35 years ago, brought gothic Americana into the mainstream.

“Twin Peaks” was his ultimate portrait of a land of terror and beauty.

Visionary filmmaker David Lynch died Thursday. Actor Kyle MacLachlan and other Washington filmmakers talk about what he and his work meant to them.

David Lynch, the American filmmaker whose works include the surrealist cult classics Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died aged 78. Lynch's death was announced on his official Facebook page by his family on Thursday. "There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us," the post said.

David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominee behind ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘The Elephant Man’ who also created TV's ‘Twin Peaks,’ has died at 78.

David Lynch, the groundbreaking director of films including "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet," has died at the age of 78, his family announced Thursday.

The beloved director was known for his surreal works like "Blue Velvet," "Mulholland Drive," and "Twin Peaks."

One of cinema’s greatest geniuses has left us. David Lynch, Honorary Oscar winner, was always one of the greatest filmmakers to ever live, with his unique and unmistakable style, often described as “Lynchian.

After the death of film and television director David Lynch on Thursday, fans of the auteur are flocking to local locations of his 90s show Twin Peaks.

Happy Friday, everyone. If you didn’t catch this week’s illuminating column by Jamie Kitman, part of his Picture Car Confidential series that shines a spotlight on the undercarriage of the TV and film industry’s sourcing of cars,