David Lynch is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, painter, cartoonist, composer, video and performance artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001). Lynch has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.

Over a lengthy career, Lynch has employed a distinctive and unorthodox approach to narrative film making (dubbed Lynchian), which has become instantly recognizable to many audiences and critics worldwide. Lynch's films are known for surreal, nightmarish and dreamlike images and meticulously crafted sound design. Lynch's work often explores the seedy underside of "Small Town U.S." (particularly Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks), or sprawling California metropolises (Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and his latest release, Inland Empire). Beginning with his experimental film school feature Eraserhead (1977), he has maintained a strong cult following despite inconsistent commercial success.

Born January 20, 1946 his primary personality traits are represented by the Chinese Zodiac elemental animal sign, the Wood Rooster. This is a kindler and gentler Rooster, one actually willing to make compromises every now and then. His creativity plus his business sense makes him a likely success as an entrepreneur or consultant---or a performing artist who can actually make money at it. He’s a sociable Rooster who enjoys being with people as well as being in the limelight. He can be quite open-minded and has a wide scope of interests.