David Lynch is an American filmmaker born in 1946 in Montana. After studying art in Boston and Europe, he released his first film, Eraserhead, in 1977. His later films like Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Drive feature vibrant colors and the use of dreams and montage. Wes Anderson is an American film director known for films like Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, and The Royal Tenenbaums, the latter two earning him Oscar nominations. Gus Van Sant is an American film director and writer known for films like My Own Private Idaho starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix, and an adaptation of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues featuring a diverse cast.

1. A CASE STUDY INTO PRODUCER
AND DIRECTORS OF SHORT
FILMS
By Ziad Hadjam

2. DAVID LYNCH
Born in 1946 in Missoula, Montana, David Lynch was raised in small-town
America. After high school, he went to Boston to attend the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts. Shortly after that, he planned a three-year trip to
Europe to work on his art, but didn't take to it and left after 15 days. In
1977, he released his first film Eraserhead (1977), which, although not
critically acclaimed, was noticed by many people, including Francis Ford
Coppola, who was rumored to have screenings of it for his cast and crew on
the Apocalypse Now (1979) set. After a stream of visually striking films such
as Blue Velvet (1986), Lost Highway (1997) and Mulholland Drive (2001).
These films and others, beginning with Blue Velvet (1986), and including his
Twin Peaks (1990) T.V. series, feature what has now been added to signature
Lynch features, such as vibrant colors, the use of dreams and montage to
connect character thought and multiple emotions into one sequence. In
addition to that, since Blue Velvet (1986)

3. WES ANDERSON
Success followed with films such as Rushmore (1998), The Life Aquatic with
Steve Zissou (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and the animated
feature, Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), the latter two films earning Anderson Oscar
nominations.

4. GUS VAN SANT
His filmography as writer and director includes a 1994 adaptation of Tom
Robbins' 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, which features a diverse
cast (Keanu Reeves, Roseanne Barr, Uma Thurman, and k.d. lang, with
cameos by William S. Burroughs and Heather Graham, among others); and My
Own Private Idaho (1991), also starring Reeves as well as River Phoenix.