The Oscar-winning actor reflects on a lifetime of work with the filmmaker, with whom she collaborated on 'Blue Velvet,' 'Wild at Heart' and 'Inland Empire.'

Laura Dern is remembering collaborator and friend David Lynch on what would have marked his 79th birthday. “Happy birthday, tidbit,” Dern wrote on Instagram alongside a warm picture of the two. “I will love and miss you every day for the rest of my life.

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

David Lynch stands outdoors in front of Packard vehicle in Los Angeles in 1986. (Bonnie Schiffman/Getty Images) Laura Dern and David Lynch in 1990. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

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

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

Laura Dern once shared a memorable story about her first meeting with filmmaker David Lynch while discussing his neo-noir masterpiece Blue Velvet. She recounted this experience in a W Magazine ...

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

Lynch expanded on the dark side of double lives and desire in a small town with the television show “Twin Peaks,” which premiered on ABC in 1990. Originally intended as a miniseries, the show’s immediate popularity led to its expansion into a series. Though it lasted just two seasons, its impact on popular culture was, and continues to be, massive.

David Lynch directed many scenes throughout his illustrious career that have never left our minds, but these ones stand out.

"Dune" stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atredies, heir to the great noble house of Atredies. Based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, this epic science fiction opera follows the struggle between House Atredies and House Harkonnen on the planet Arrakis, otherwise known as Dune.