Director David Lynch, one of the most important filmmakers of the past century, has died at age 78.

• Lynch was the visionary behind the films “Mulholland Drive” and “Blue Velvet” and television series “Twin Peaks.”
• In 1990, his romantic crime film, “Wild at Heart,” won the Palme d’Or ? the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Director.
• His debut, the 1977 film “Eraserhead,” has become a cult classic; in 2004, it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.