David Lynch, who died on Jan. 16, directed Naomi Watts in her breakout movie ‘Mulholland Drive’ Naomi Watts is mourning the loss of her Mulholland Drive director David Lynch. The legendary filmmaker died at the age of 78,

Before starring in the 2001 film directed by Lynch, Watts had starred in 1995’s Tank Girl and 1996’s Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering. Watts noted that due to the lack of big opportunities, she had “planned on going home multiple times” and then got a call from Lynch.

With the passing of beloved director David Lynch, many of the actors he worked with – along with countless staunch admirers – have shared emotional tributes and testaments to his legacy.

“My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave…” began Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts on Instagram about the death of that movie’s filmmaker David Lynch. “The world will not be the same without him. His creative mentorship was truly powerful,” she wrote.

Naomi Watts said on Tuesday that she almost quit acting before David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive.

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

David Lynch, whose career spanned more than 50 years, directed surrealist mystery Mulholland Drive, in which Naomi Watts, from Shoreham, Kent, played a lead character

David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.” Naomi Watts starred in Lynch’s 2001 “Mulholland Drive,” which began as an aborted television pilot, only to be retooled into a feature film, one of the director’s ...

Naomi Watts is remembering her friend and former collaborator David Lynch after his death at age 78. "My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave," Watts, 56, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 16. "The world will not be the same without him.

Mulholland Drive star Watts said Lynch "put me on the map" with her 2001 break-out film about the dark side of Hollywood, which earned him the award for Best Director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival alongside an Oscar nod. "My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave… The world will not be the same without him," Watts wrote on Instagram.

Director David Lynch's twisty mystery movie from 2001 has become a streaming hit following the filmmaker's death at 78 earlier this month.

The Beacon is celebrating David Lynch’s work with David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange through February 9.