Frequent David Lynch collaborators

David Lynch is known for his constant collaboratios with various of the same actors and crew in his productions. Most notably, he frequently uses Angelo Badalamenti to compose music for his productions, in "Blue Velvet" (1986), "Twin Peaks" (1990-1991), "Wild at Heart" (1990), "On the Air", "Lost Highway" (1997) and "Mulholland Drive" (2001).

Lynch often uses the same actors and crew in his productions:

* 12 Productions
** Angelo Badalamenti appears in and wrote the music for "Blue Velvet", "Twin Peaks", "Wild at Heart", "On the Air", "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Drive". He also wrote the music for "Industrial Symphony No. 1", "", "Hotel Room", "The Straight Story", "Darkened Room" and "Rabbits"
* 10 Productions
**Mary Sweeney is Lynch's regular editor/producer who also wrote the screenplay for "The Straight Story". She also worked on: "Blue Velvet" (1986), "Twin Peaks" TV series (1990-1991), "Wild at Heart" (1990), "" (1992), "Hotel Room" TV series (1993), "Lost Highway" (1997), "Mulholland Drive" (2001), "INLAND EMPIRE" (2006) and co-produced "Nadja" (1994) with Lynch.
* 8 Productions
** Johanna Ray is Lynch's regular casting director. She worked on: "Blue Velvet", "The Cowboy and the Frenchman", "Twin Peaks", "Wild at Heart", ', "Lost Highway", "Mulholland Drive", "INLAND EMPIRE". She also is an associate producer in '.
* 7 Productions
** Jack Nance appears in "Eraserhead", "Dune", "Blue Velvet", "The Cowboy and the Frenchman", "Twin Peaks", "Wild at Heart" and "Lost Highway"
* 6 Productions
** Harry Dean Stanton appears in "The Cowboy and the Frenchman", "Wild at Heart", "", "Hotel Room", "The Straight Story" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
* 5 Productions
** Scott Coffey appears in "Wild at Heart", "Lost Highway", "Mulholland Drive", "Rabbits" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** Freddie Jones appears in "The Elephant Man", "Dune", "Wild at Heart", "Hotel Room" and "On the Air"
* 4 Productions
** Michael J. Anderson appears in "Twin Peaks", "Industrial Symphony No. 1", "", and "Mulholland Drive"
** Laura Dern appears in "Blue Velvet", "Wild at Heart", "Industrial Symphony No. 1", and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** Kyle MacLachlan appears in "Dune", "Blue Velvet", "Twin Peaks" and ""
** Grace Zabriskie appears in "Twin Peaks", "Wild at Heart", "" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** Frederick Elmes was the director of photography for "The Amputee", "Eraserhead", "Blue Velvet" and 'Wild at Heart"
* 3 Productions
** Frances Bay appears in "Blue Velvet", "Twin Peaks" and "Wild at Heart"
** Catherine E. Coulson appears in "The Amputee", "Twin Peaks" and ""
** Miguel Ferrer appears in "Twin Peaks", "" and "On the Air"
** Laura Harring appears in "Mulholland Drive", "Rabbits" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** Michael Horse appears in "The Cowboy and the Frenchman", "Twin Peaks" and "" (scenes deleted).
** Sheryl Lee appears in "Twin Peaks", "Wild at Heart" and ""
** Everett McGill appears in "Dune", "Twin Peaks" and "The Straight Story"
** Frank Silva appears in "Twin Peaks" and "", and worked as a set dresser on "Wild at Heart"
** Charlotte Stewart appears in "Eraserhead", "Twin Peaks" and ""
** Naomi Watts appears in "Mulholland Drive", "Rabbits" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** Alicia Witt appears in "Dune", "Twin Peaks", and "Hotel Room"
* 2 Productions
** Ian Abercrombie appears in "Twin Peaks" and "Inland Empire"
** Jeanne Bates appears in "Eraserhead" and "Mulholland Drive"
** Ian Buchanan appears in "Twin Peaks" and "On the Air"
** Nicolas Cage appears in "Wild at Heart" and "Industrial Symphony No. 1"
** Brad Dourif appears in "Dune" and "Blue Velvet"
** Sherilyn Fenn appears in "Twin Peaks" and "Wild at Heart". She also starred in "Boxing Helena", directed by Lynch's daughter Jennifer Lynch.
** Crispin Glover appears in "Wild at Heart" and "Hotel Room"
** Diane Ladd appears in "Wild at Heart" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** David L. Lander appears in "Twin Peaks" and "On the Air"
** Isabella Rossellini appears in "Blue Velvet" and "Wild at Heart"
** William Morgan Sheppard appears in "The Elephant Man" and "Wild at Heart"
** Sissy Spacek worked uncredited behind-the-scenes in "Eraserhead" and appeared in "The Straight Story"
** Dean Stockwell appears in "Dune" and "Blue Velvet"
** Justin Theroux appears in "Mulholland Drive" and "INLAND EMPIRE"
** furthermore, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Phoebe Augustine, Eric DaRe, Heather Graham, Gary Hershberger, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Walter Olkewicz, Al Strobel, Lenny Von Dohlen and Ray Wise all appeared in both "Twin Peaks" and "".

Many of Lynch's films have bit parts played by musicians who have various degrees of acting experience: Sting in "Dune", Chris Isaak in "Fire Walk With Me", David Bowie in "Fire Walk With Me", Julee Cruise in "Twin Peaks" and "Fire Walk With Me", John Lurie in "Wild at Heart (film)|Wild at Heart", Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez and Henry Rollins in "Lost Highway", and Billy Ray Cyrus in "Mulholland Drive".

Lynch himself appears in "The Amputee", "Dune", "Twin Peaks" and "". He also made speaking cameos in "INLAND EMPIRE" and "Nadja". He is also in a deleted scene from "Lost Highway".

External links

* [http://www.davidlynch.com David Lynch Homepage]
* [http://www.davidlynch.es/ Universo David Lynch, David Lynch web page in spanish] .
* [http://www.davidlynchfoundation.com The Official David Lynch Foundation Website]
* [http://www.lynchweekend.org Second Annual David Lynch Weekend Website]
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* [http://www.utne.com/issues/2007_141/gleanings/12534-1.html Deep Thoughts by David Lynch]
* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2011369,00.html "Guardian" BFI interview (02/2007)]
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1419224.ece "The Times" interview (02/2007)]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2020733,00.html David Lynch on his Fondation Cartier exhibition]
* [http://www.mum.edu/podcast/ David Lynch interviews podcasts at the Maharishi University of Management]
* [http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/people/341982,CNT-News-cover_15.article "Welcome to the" TP "Time Warp. Where Are They Now? Fire Walk with the Cast of" Twin Peaks"] , by Paige Wiser. "Chicago Sun-Times". April 15, 2007.

David Lynch's films