Over the years, films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive would become cult classics among both fans and critics. But Lynch's best-known work is Twin Peaks, which he co-created with Mark Frost.

He would reunite with Dune star Kyle MacLachlan for the neo-noir Blue Velvet (1986), which became an instant cult classic. Along with Mark Frost, he co-created the enigmatic ABC-TV show Twin Peaks ...