David Lynch
A ratified position in the TVI Canon means the filmography clears the methodology bar across the full corpus, not on a single film. The score below is the mean across every scored work.
167
David Lynch is a ratified director in the TVI Canon. Mean TVI Score across the 6 scored films in the catalog is 153.5. The strongest work is Blue Velvet (167), The Elephant Man (162), and Eraserhead (162).
Of 6 scored films, 4 clear the Masterclass threshold of 160. The corpus is uneven by design, with the peaks defining the canon position and the lower-scored work showing the cost of working at scale.
For the conventional ranked-list view of the filmography, see David Lynch ranked by TVI Score.
TVI Canon ratification is a two-step process. Directors enter the candidate pool via the published rubric (mean TVI Score across their full scored filmography). Ratification requires individual sign-off against the canon-selection criteria locked at methodology v1.2: durability of impact, breadth of corpus, multi-decade cultural register, and rubric-tier consistency. The Canon is not a popularity ranking. It is the credibility surface naming whose filmographies the methodology stakes its catalog on.
Every film below was scored against the same three-dimensional rubric (Cognitive Stimulation 40 percent, Educational Value 35 percent, Craft and Quality 25 percent). Score citations are public on every title page. The methodology is independent of any studio, distributor, or platform.