American film director David Keith Lynch was born on January 20, 1946.
Lynch contributed to a petition in 2009 after Roman Polanski was detained on suspicion of sexual assault in connection with an incident from 1977.
Polanski had been detained while traveling to a film festival. Filmmakers traveling to neutral nations may be detained, the petition claimed, opening the door to “actions of which no one can know the implications” and undermining the history of film festivals as a location for works to be displayed “freely and safely.”
He supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, calling Sanders a candidate who was “for the people.”
In the 2016 Democratic Primary, he supported Bernie Sanders, and in the general election, he supported Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party.
Mary Fisk: Who is David Lynch’s second wife?
Lynch wed Mary Fisk in June 1977; their only child, Austin Jack Lynch, was born in 1982. They split up in 1987.