Beloved director and filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78, and Hollywood is mourning one of its most visionary artists.

Billy Corgan has shared a tribute to late filmmaker David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday.In an Instagram post, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman writes

The late Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director’s canon has left a lasting imprint on musicians and sound designers

Billy Corgan, Scott Ian and more have provided their recollections of working with Lynch, while others have praised his influential works.

Oscar-winning director and Happy Days star Ron Howard paid tribute to Lynch on social media, writing: “#RIPDavidLynch, a gracious man and fearless artist who followed his heart & soul and proved that radical experimentation could yield unforgettable cinema.”

Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to auteur - The ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Elephant Man’ director was described as ‘the first populist surrealist’

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday.

With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.

Lynch was a onetime artist who broke through in the 1970s with the surreal “Eraserhead” and rarely failed to startle and inspire audiences and peers in the following decades.

Wild At Heart actor Nicolas Cage has paid tribute to "singular genius" film director David Lynch, after his death aged 78.

David Lynch, a lifelong enthusiastic smoker, announced last August that he had been diagnosed with emphysema and could no longer leave his house without losing his breath.