His take on the heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick made his career – but is the late director’s least typical film also ...

Lynch found his first taste of mainstream critical acceptance with his 1980 biographical account of the life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man. The film, which starred John Hurt and Anthony ...

Based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century, The Elephant Man starred Anthony Hopkins as Dr Frederick Treves, a well-meaning surgeon ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The death of American filmmaker David Lynch, who was also a painter, musician, sound designer, actor, singer and photographer ...

Lynch followed up “Eraserhead” with the commercial hit “The Elephant Man,” starring John Hurt as Joseph Merrick, and “Dune,” a widely panned adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science ...

Here is a look at five of his most emblematic works: Lynch's black-and-white second feature is among his more sentimental works, and was adapted from the diary of Joseph Merrick, the so-called ...

It was the late 1970s, and David was in the UK working on pre-production for the 1980 film The Elephant Man. The film is loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick (referred to as ‘John’), a severely ...