David Lynch – First Ever Guest Artistic Director for AFI Fest

The wonderful and wacky David Lynch will serve as the AFI’s first-ever guest artistic director it was just announced.

Lynch has also created artwork that will serve as the official image of the 24^th annual festival. In addition, as Guest Artistic Director, Lynch will program a special sidebar of films that influence and inspire him and present these films at the festival in November. His film selections will be announced in October.

“I said yes to being the Guest Artistic Director of AFI FEST 2010 because I love the AFI,” says Lynch. “AFI can do for others what it did for me. AFI gave me an opportunity and money to make a short film, THE GRANDMOTHER, and my first feature film, ERASERHEAD. AFI put me on the map.”