early life born january american filmmaker television director visual artist musician occasional actor known films developed unique cinematic style known characterized dream imagery meticulous sound design surreal cases violent elements films earned reputation audiences born montana lynch spend youth traveling united_states father job result lynch attended school states raised happy family young lynch member reaching highest rank lynch took building fireworks playing nightclub acts rebellion discovering translate childhood fascination drawing painting career fine art lynch close friend travelled austria hoping study artist present time returning united_states lynch enrolled philadelphia initially focusing oil painting sculpture lynch found beginning experiment short films completing short animated partly animated works lynch prompted mentor apply annual grants american_film_institute fund film project resulting film grandmother paved way lynch scholarship afi studying lynch wrote directed film years feature length début beginning commercial film career early life lynch born january montana sunny née lynch met students david eldest siblings housewife sunny english lessons having earned degree duke worked necessitated moving family country relocated idaho david months old fourteenth birthday family lived washington durham north_carolina idaho alexandria virginia young lynch easily lifestyle popular school years having found easy outsider friends moving new school lynch elementary junior high school taken attended high school alexandria lynch recalls having happy childhood suffered bouts youth especially having scared screening film wait till sun shines years old develop brief habit wearing time understands manifestation personal points particular image childhood shaped understanding world youth dream world blue skies picket fences green grass cherry trees supposed cherry tree pitch black yellow millions millions red ants racing sticky pitch tree beautiful world look little bit closer red ants finding calm nature home life frustrating young lynch sought ways secretly rebel parents friend took building bottle rockets particularly powerful rocket severely damaged friend foot switched focus making pipe bombs fun instead large pipe bomb detonated school swimming pool heard neighbors resulted lynch friend arrested lynch member high school fraternity alpha learned play nightclub popular earning nickname dave lynch member attaining rank childhood friend experience prepared scout motto formed basis lynch approach filmmaking art shaped ability things lynch initially joined scouts order continued urging father eventually summed biography eagle scout montana press release wild heart lynch present presidential inauguration took place lynch 15th birthday kennedy assassinated lynch school hear working display case attending class art student lynch interest art began early age recalled father bringing home large amounts paper government job mother let use coloring books draw paint spare paper lynch early artwork depicted war related imagery weaponry fighter planes based collection toy military equipment frequently depicted machine gun calling favorite later life lynch summoned conscription vietnam war declared unfit military service undisclosed health reasons age lynch family visited montana staying aunt uncle near door neighbor artist named style similar wife painters let lynch work materials staying town lynch found difficult believe art forge career believing hobby peculiar returning home virginia lynch met father artist lynch rented space elder studio alongside friend worked art finished school enrolled boston soon dropped commented lynch dropping boston worked greatest assets recounts lynch left school allowing use dormitory room tutor process wife spent nights lynch room mistress lynch slept floor confronting tutor situation lynch felt easier leave school instead film critic desire avoid confrontation shaped characters written seek escape route face face directly added lynch later works compromised lynch personality projects featured interference film television studios respectively lynch planned year strip austria planning study painter lynch favorite painters lynch arrived found artist left prompting return america leaving europe pair travelled athens train visit lynch girlfriend time arrived greece discovered left home lynch departed america shortly return lynch enrolled philadelphia painting sculpture lynch paintings influenced works executed following incident landed drying piece began insects work life philadelphia disturbing lynch point married pregnant girlfriend met shortly birth daughter lynch family spent years living atmosphere violence hate area crime later inform tone work describing period life lynch said saw things philadelphia couldn believe saw grown woman grab breasts speak like baby complaining hurt kind thing set author time contrasted director childhood pacific_northwest giving director heaven hell vision america subsequently shaped films short films lynch experiments moving sculptures led interest medium motion picture film help lynch animated minute short feature called figures getting sick project cost filmed sixteen millimeter camera sculpture motion picture simple animated loop figures growing increasingly screen loop repeated times accompanied sound air raid projected cast lynch head order footage figures getting sick completed lynch classmates offered pay similar motion picture art installation home lynch purchased movie camera began teach cinematography lynch worked commissioned motion picture months crafting mix live action animation split screen format film developed error way rendered indistinguishable allowed lynch remainder budget fund production new motion picture project alphabet similarly unfinished commission alphabet composed live action animation abstract movie inspired experience related lynch wife seen niece reciting alphabet sleep suffering nightmare sole live action actor film depicted animation young girl film displays elements continue lynch including use meticulous sound design convey sound infant daughter crying recorded faulty cassette recorder included film soundtrack recorder lent sound distorted quality allowed lynch return purchased finishing film lynch enthusiastic medium film realized wages job printer stretch cover future budgetary needs recommended lynch apply grant newly formed american_film_institute afi copy alphabet lynch application included page treatment project titled grandmother submission successful lynch awarded annual grants afi totalling grandmother filmed lynch home philadelphia starred friends colleagues lynch initial grant later supplemented supplied afi completed relates story family grown ground like plants neglected abused son seeks create stability life growing grandmother seed film mixes animation live action footage features use stage reminiscent silent film era similarly washed use colour alphabet running thirty minutes film described critics fall ing twilight category film short feature long short film having completed grandmother lynch realized filmmaking career wanted pursue accepted scholarship afi lynch moved los_angeles california family recalls having felt fear leaving crime poverty philadelphia lynch dissatisfied considered dropping changed mind offered chance produce script given permission use school campus film sets converted school disused stables series sets lived began work script titled based painting figure vegetation growing script adultery featuring continually growing insect represented man lust neighbor script resulted roughly minute long film afi felt long script place lynch presented developed based man head taken pencil factory small boy board members afi opposed producing work persuaded dean threatened resign vetoed script thought inspired lynch fear born severely feet requiring extensive surgery child claimed unexpected conception birth defects basis film themes pre production work began staff afi project scale initially green lit viewing page screenplay assuming film industry usual ratio minute film scripted page reduce film approximately minutes misunderstanding coupled lynch meticulous direction caused film remain production number years extreme example schedule scene film begins character opening door year pass filmed entering room regular donations wife production continued years additional funds provided wife actress worked donated income lynch delivered newspapers film principal photography filming lynch able produce short film taking advantage afi wish test new film stock committing bulk purchases short piece starred continued working lynch technician production crew small composed lynch sound designer cinematographer left production replaced production manager prop technician small worked variety roles lynch began interest film production adopting vegetarian diet giving smoking alcohol consumption film festival los_angeles march opening night film attended people second evening viewers head distributor persuaded local theater run film midnight feature continued year ran ninety weeks new_york year long midnight run san_francisco achieved year tenure theatre film grossed united_states following release lynch tried find funding project film electricity foot guy red hair lynch met film producer time enjoyed interested producing worked time realized unlikely find sufficient financing lynch asked written scripts work film found scripts felt interest lynch hearing lynch decided project elephant man
Early life of David Lynch