(FILES) US director David Lynch arrives at the 12th Rome Film Festival on November 4, 2017 in Rome. Lynch -- the groundbreaking director behind "Mulholland Drive" and television's "Twin Peaks," who gained a cult following for his unsettling portraits of American life -- has died, his family announced on January 16, 2025. He was 78 years old. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)