Laura Dern shared a heartfelt birthday message on Instagram Monday to her lifelong collaborator David Lynch, four days after news broke of his death.

Laura Dern has been a frequent collaborator of David Lynch since 1986 film ‘Blue Velvet.' Following Lynch's death on Jan. 16 at age 78, the actress posted an Instagram tribute honoring him on Jan. 20,

Laura Dern is remembering collaborator and friend David Lynch on what would have marked his 79th birthday.

Laura Dern shares emotional tribute to David Lynch on what would have been director’s 79th birthday - The actor collaborated with Lynch on numerous projects after starring in ‘Blue Velvet’ in the 1980

The visionary "Twin Peaks" filmmaker is remembered as a complete original and built up quite the list of collaborators since 1984's "Dune."

When a director and an actor develop an ongoing creative partnership, a certain kind of magic happens, and this was certainly the case with actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern and director David Lynch.

Laura Dern has marked what would have been David Lynch's 79th birthday.

Laura Dern misses the late actor David Lynch on his birthday.The actress shared an emotional tribute on Instagram on Monday, honoring her longtime collaborator just days after news of

"You have forever transformed all of art," the actor says of her director and collaborator, who died last week at the age of 78.

The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.

Twin Peaks is one of the many seminal works of filmmaker David Lynch, who passed away last week at the age of 78.