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David lynch was the oldest of three children. He was born in Missoula, Montana, U.S., to Edwina "Sunny" Lynch an English language tutor and Donald Walton Lynch, a research scientist with USDA, which is why they moved around quite a bit, but mostly grew up in the pacific northwest.
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David lynch wanted to study art which why he decided to attend this school in Washington, D.C.
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After not liking the environment of his previous school, he decided to move to Boston, Massachusetts, with his roommate Peter Wolf. David Lynch would only attend this school for year before moving again, as he was not happy with this institute either. -
Originally David Lynch planned to stay Europe for 3 years in hopes of studying and training with Austrian expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka at his school. After arriving in Salzburg, he found out Kokoschka was unavailable; he would end up moving back to the U.S. after only being in Europe for 2 weeks.
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David Lynch decides to settle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he would attend school and begin experimenting and creating films.
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While attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts he met Peggy Reavey, who he would marry.
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Lynch shot his first ever film with a cheap 16mm camera in an abandoned workspace at the academy he attended. This short film would lead to a commissioned film. -
With left over money from a failed commissioned film after Six men getting sick, David Lynch would create his second short film. -
After a year of marriage, they would have a daughter named Jennifer.