The Resume

(January 20, 1946- )
Directed 'Mulholland Drive (2001),' 'The Straight Story (1999),' 'Lost Highway (1997),' 'Hotel Room (1993),' 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992),' 'Wild at Heart (1990),' 'Twin Peaks (1990),' 'Blue Velvet (1986),' 'Dune (1984),' 'The Elephant Man (1980)' and 'Eraserhead (1977)'

Why he might be annoying:

He recasts the same actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Jack Nance, Everett McGill, Isabella Rossellini, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee in all of his films.
He smokes.
He has a bizarre fetish for power tools and lumber.
His films are often dark and gruesome.
He married twice.
His film adaption of 'Dune' was billed as the next Star Wars but failed miserably at the theaters.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is extremely talented and a brilliant visionary artist.
He finds small-town USA fascinating.
He once dated Isabella Rossellini.

Credit: Break Dancing Robot

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 96)
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Break-Dancing Robot's Profiles [Series 1]
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 2002)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Presidents (Ranked: 2002)
• Club Foot
• Cracked.com's 5 Great Careers Destroyed by the Post Oscar Curse (Ranked: 1)
• David Lynch Films
• Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 2022 Critics Poll (Ranked: 8)
• Directors Who Hid Behind the Alan Smithee Pseudonym
• Entertainers Loved by Depressed Teens
• Entertainers Loved by Stoners
• Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People [1991] (Ranked: 89)
• Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Entertainers of the Year [1990] (Ranked: 9)
• Faith No More Covered My Song
• Guardian Unlimited's World's 40 Best Directors (Ranked: 1)
• His Name is Robert's Least Annoying [Original] (Ranked: 4)
• I am Finnish
• I Married in 1977
• I Named My Daughter Jennifer
• I Performed or Attended David Lynch's Transcendental Meditation Concert [April 4, 2009]
• I Portrayed an FBI Agent
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Luscious Laddies
• Profiles 3001-3250 (Ranked: 3177)
• Transcendental Meditaters [TM]
• Twin Peaks
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2001] (Ranked: 4)
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2006] (Ranked: 80)
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2009] (Ranked: 49)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 21 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 39 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 76 Votes: 43.42% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 55 Votes: 47.27% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 55 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 128 Votes: 54.69% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 217 Votes: 36.41% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 76 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 164 Votes: 71.95% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 311 Votes: 42.44% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 503 Votes: 50.50% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 420 Votes: 48.57% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 693 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1898 Votes: 52.05% Annoying