Was accepted into the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies in 1970
Turned down George Lucas' offer to direct Return of the Jedi (1983) in favor of making Dune (1984)
In the 1980s, he went to the same Bob's Big Boy restaurant every day for years where he drank a chocolate shake, several cups of coffee and scribbled ideas on napkins
Refused to allow DVDs of his movies to include chapter stops
In 2010 and 2011, he provided the voice of Gus, a bartender, on the animated sitcom The Cleveland Show
Also in 2011, directed a concert film, streamed via computer, featuring Duran Duran
Lead singer Simon Le Bon gushed that he and the rest of the guys in the band were major Lynch fans
Designed a nightclub, Silencio, that opened in Paris in 2011
It was inspired by his 2001 film Mulholland Dr
Awards
2018Emmy-Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special:nominated
2018Emmy-Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie:nominated
2018Emmy-Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special:nominated
2002Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture:nominated