David Lynch directed Blue Velvet.
Blue Velvet is a 1986 American neo-noir mystery film , written and directed by David Lynch . David Lynch . He was then employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group , and proceeded to make two films : the science-fiction epic Dune ( 1984 ) , which proved to be a critical and commercial failure , and then a neo-noir crime film , Blue Velvet ( 1986 ) , which stirred controversy over its violence but grew in critical reputation later on .