David Lynch, the filmmaker known for titles including “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died, as first announced in a message posted to his official Facebook page.

The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" and the TV series "Twin Peaks."

The Oscar-nominated director, who died at 78, left no genre unturned, digging into everything from sci-fi and neo-noir to period biopics, and our culture is way more interesting for it. "Ideas that come along are like gifts,