David Lynch is known for his constant collaborations with many of the same actors and crew in his various productions. Most notably, Angelo Badalamenti to compose music for his productions. 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, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 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, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Hotel Room TV series, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, INLAND EMPIRE and co-produced Nadja 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, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, INLAND EMPIRE. She also is an associate producer in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
• 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, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 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, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 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 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Grace Zabriskie appears in Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 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 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Miguel Ferrer appears in Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 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 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (scenes deleted).
  • Sheryl Lee appears in Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Everett McGill appears in Dune, Twin Peaks and The Straight Story
  • Frank Silva appears in Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and worked as a set dresser on Wild at Heart
  • Charlotte Stewart appears in Eraserhead, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • 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 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.

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, 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 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. He also made speaking cameos in INLAND EMPIRE and Nadja. He is also in a deleted scene from Lost Highway.

[edit] External links

• David Lynch Homepage
• Universo David Lynch, David Lynch web page in spanish.
• The Official David Lynch Foundation Website
• Second Annual David Lynch Weekend Website
• David Lynch at the Internet Movie Database
• David Lynch Foundation at MySpace
• Deep Thoughts by David Lynch
• Guardian BFI interview (02/2007)
• The Times interview (02/2007)
• David Lynch on his Fondation Cartier exhibition
• David Lynch interviews podcasts at the Maharishi University of Management
• "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.