Lynch had been worried that his uncompromising previous film would put the producer off – “I was afraid that if Mel Brooks saw Eraserhead, I would never get the job directing The Elephant Man ...

Before cementing his legacy as one of Hollywood’s most stylistic directors, David Lynch tried to impress executive producer Mel Brooks at the helm of the 1980 movie The Elephant Man. He ...

The beloved director was known for his surreal works like "Blue Velvet," "Mulholland Drive," and "Twin Peaks." ...

Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.

He was hired by Mel Brooks’ production company to write and direct “The Elephant Man,” a deeply affecting drama about a horrifically deformed sideshow freak in Victorian England who became a ...

The world of filmmaking is in deep mourning as David Lynch, one of its most respected and talented members has passed away. The filmmaker and artist has died at the age of 78. Known for co ...

After seeing the film, Mel Brooks hired Lynch to direct The Elephant Man. A film about a severely deformed man in Victorian London, The Elephant Man was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1981.

Then came his Mel Brooks-produced breakout hit The Elephant Man in 1980, a portrait loosely-based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a deformed man working as a sideshow performer in Victorian England.

It led to an invitation from Mel Brooks’s production company to direct The Elephant Man, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. Lynch said: “That kind of put me on the map — it was a big ...