MacLachlan and Lynch worked together for decades, with the star appearing in several of the director’s hits like “Blue Velvet” (1984) and the early ’90s series “Twin Peaks” that spawned the movie prequel, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” (1992) and Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” (2017).

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

Gary Levine shares funny anecdotes about working with David Lynch on Twin Peaks, talks about filmmaker's profound impact on the television medium.

David Lynch, who co-created “Twin Peaks” and directed films such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” has died. He was 78. Lynch’s family revealed his passing via social media on Thursday.

The late auteur’s legacy looms large over the medium of games

David Lynch, the legendary director of "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," is dead at 78, his family announced Jan. 16 on Facebook.

He expanded the cinematic potential of television and influenced a generation of showrunners, including “Sopranos” creator David Chase.

Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost is paying tribute to his friend and longtime collaborator David Lynch, whose death was announced today. He was 78.

Lynch, who was born in Montana in 1946, was a writer, director and painter who studied at the American Film Institute. He first broke into the movie scene in 1977 when he turned his thesis project into his first feature film "Eraserhead," a black-and-white surrealist indie film that quickly gained notoriety as a midnight movie.

David Lynch will forever be known as a film auteur, though the consummate artist never restricted himself to a single medium. Painting, radio and even coffee production all fell within his repertoire — but Lynch’s final work as a director was “Twin Peaks: The Return.

David Keith Lynch was born on Jan. 20 ... to the small screen in 1990 when he created the mystery crime series "Twin Peaks" with Mark Frost for ABC. The Emmy-winning series became a cultural ...

David Lynch has died at 78. The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks.”