David Lynch (USA, b. 1946) is perhaps the best known of all cult directors,whose Mulholland Drive marks cinema's arrival to the 21st century. Hiscareer began more than 30 years ago, with the groundbreaking, mystifying"Eraserhead" (1977). With "Blue Velvet" (1986), "Wild at Heart" (1990) and"Lost Highway" (1997) Lynch breathed new life into the sensory experiencesof film audiences and disrupted narrative logic to mysterious andmystifying effect. In the early 1990s, he invented a new TV series genrewith "Twin Peaks". Although he is a Hollywood director, Lynch works at theedges of the studio system, exploring the many facets of his artistictalent, whose creations, including photography, painting and music, are nowmaking their way into museums and galleries.