This is a list of the films he has directed:
Six Men Getting Sick (Short film) (1966)
The Alphabet (Short film) (1968)
The Grandmother (Short film) (1970)
The Amputee (Short film) (1974)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)- nominated Best Director
Dune (1984)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Cowboy and the Frenchman (Short film) (1988)
Twin Peaks (TV series) (1990-91)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (Short film) (1990)
American Chronicles (documentary television series) (1990)
On the Air (TV series) (1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Hotel Room (TV mini-series) (1993)
Lumière:Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (Short film) (1996)
Lost Highway (1997)
The Straight Story (1999)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rabbits (Online series) (2002)
Dumbland (Online Flash animation series) (2002)
Darkened Room (Short film) (2002)
Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (video "Rammstein") (2003)
INLAND EMPIRE (2006)