Who wrote the screenplay for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me with David Lynch?

Robert Engels co-wrote the screenplay for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me with David Lynch.

The film’s screenplay was written by Lynch and Engels, who had also worked on the Twin Peaks television series. Fire Walk with Me focuses on Laura Palmer’s final days and expands the story beyond the structure of the original weekly mystery.

Engels was a writer and producer associated with Twin Peaks. His collaboration with Lynch helped translate the television mythology into a feature film centered on Laura’s point of view, rather than on the investigation led by Dale Cooper.

The writing credit is sometimes confused with Mark Frost’s role. Frost co-created the television series with Lynch and was an important creative figure in Twin Peaks, but the film’s screenplay credit belongs to Lynch and Engels. Barry Gifford, meanwhile, is associated with other Lynch projects and was not the credited co-writer of Fire Walk with Me.