Lynch, who was born in Montana in 1946, was a writer, director and painter who studied at the American Film Institute. He first broke into the movie scene in 1977 when he turned his thesis project into his first feature film "Eraserhead," a black-and-white surrealist indie film that quickly gained notoriety as a midnight movie.

American filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78. Here's how to watch his most notable movies and TV shows in Canada, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet.