An in-depth collection of the work and life of perhaps cinema and TVs greatest cult creator, David Lynch.
In 1990 David Lynch released Twin Peaks and television would never quite be the same again. Ostensibly a mystery serial drama, the series introduced viewers to a surreal and eccentric world of uncanny and camp strangeness that has gone down in pop culture legend. With his films, the most famous of which are Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, but which also include The Elephant Man, 1984s Dune and the Palme dOr winning Wild at Heart, Lynch created similarly strange, sylised and perplexing worlds, rich in invention.
Across his career Lynch turned his attention to film, television, art, music, photography, Transcendental Meditation and more recently nightclub design and weather forecasting, and his sources of influence and inspiration are equally diverse. These range across painting, photography, cinema, literature and beyond, and collectively help unlock his hugely influential work.
David Lynch: His Work, His World brings Lynch's complete output together into one visually led collection, and tells the full story of how he worked, created, thought and lived.
Introduction
Chapter One Early Life and Short Films (19461970) Chapter Two Eraserhead (19711977) Chapter Three The Elephant Man (19781980) Chapter Four Dune (19811984) Chapter Five Blue Velvet (19851987) Chapter Six Twin Peaks (19881990) Chapter Seven Wild at Heart (19901991) Chapter Eight Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (19911993) Chapter Nine Lost Highway (19931997) Chapter Ten The Straight Story (19971999) Chapter Eleven Mulholland Drive (19992001) Chapter Twelve Internet Shorts and INLAND EMPIRE (20022006) Chapter Thirteen Twin Peaks: The Return and Beyond (2009 2025)
Bibliography Filmography Discography Endnotes Quote Sources Index Acknowledgements About the Author Picture Credits
Tom Huddleston is an author, freelance film & TV journalist and former Q&A host at the Twin Peaks UK Festival. His books include The Worlds of Dune, The Worlds of George R.R. Martin and, for younger readers, the acclaimed FloodWorld trilogy. His first grown-up novel The Cracks publishes in 2026. He has written for publications including Time Out, The Guardian and Little White Lies, and currently lives in London.
