The filmmaker, writer and artist was Oscar-nominated for his films Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive

Australian film stars Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman have joined the tributes to legendary Hollywood filmmaker and writer David Lynch following his death at the age of 78.

Naomi Watts has paid tribute to film director David Lynch, telling how he made her career. The legendary director died on Thursday, aged 78. He had emphysema. Naomi, 56, starred in the 2002 movie Mulholland Drive,

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.

Michael Buckner/GG2025//Getty Images Billy Crudup and Naomi Watts during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes. “I’m so so chuffed that you guys voted for me,” she said in an Instagram video shortly ...