David Fincher (b. 1962)

Alias:
Dave Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher
Девід Фінчер
Дэвид Финчер
ديفيد فينشر
เดวิด ฟินเชอร์
デヴィッド・フィンチャー
大卫·芬奇
데이비드 핀처

Birthplace:
Denver, Colorado, USA

Born:
August 28, 1962

David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. His films, mostly thrillers, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director.  Born in Denver, Colorado, Fincher was interested in filmmaking at an early age. He directed numerous music videos, most notably Madonna's "Express Yourself" in 1989 and "Vogue" in 1990, both of which won him the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction. He made his feature film debut with Alien 3 (1992), which garnered mixed reviews, followed by the thriller Seven (1995), which was better received. Fincher found lukewarm success with The Game (1997) and Fight Club (1999), but the latter eventually became a cult classic. In 2002, he returned to prominence with the thriller Panic Room starring Jodie Foster.  Fincher also directed Zodiac (2007), The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Mank (2020). For The Social Network, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and BAFTA Award for Best Direction. His biggest commercial successes are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Gone Girl (2014), both of which grossed more than $300 million worldwide, with the former earning thirteen nominations at the Academy Awards, and eleven at the British Academy Film Awards.  He also served as an executive producer and director for the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–2018) and Mindhunter (2017–2019), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode of House of Cards. Fincher was the co-founder of Propaganda Films, a film, and music.

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Director:
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2002  Panic Room
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014  Gone Girl
2020  Mank
2023  The Killer

Executive Producer:
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2001  Ambush
2001  Chosen
2001  Powder Keg
2001  Star
2001  The Follow
2002  Panic Room
2002  Ticker
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2006  Love and Other Disasters
2006  The Fall
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014  Gone Girl
2018  The Girl in the Spider's Web
2020  Mank
2023  The Killer
????  Lange
????  The Goon

Original Concept:
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2001  Ambush
2001  Chosen
2001  Powder Keg
2001  Star
2001  The Follow
2002  Beat the Devil
2002  Panic Room
2002  Ticker
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2006  Love and Other Disasters
2006  The Fall
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014  Gone Girl
2018  The Girl in the Spider's Web
2020  Mank
2023  The Killer
????  Lange
????  The Goon

Presenter:
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2001  Ambush
2001  Chosen
2001  Powder Keg
2001  Star
2001  The Follow
2002  Beat the Devil
2002  Panic Room
2002  Ticker
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2006  Love and Other Disasters
2006  The Fall
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014  Gone Girl
2018  The Girl in the Spider's Web
2020  Mank
2023  The Killer
????  Lange
????  The Goon

Producer:
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2001  Ambush
2001  Chosen
2001  Powder Keg
2001  Star
2001  The Follow
2002  Beat the Devil
2002  Panic Room
2002  Ticker
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2006  Love and Other Disasters
2006  The Fall
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014  Gone Girl
2018  The Girl in the Spider's Web
2020  Mank
2022  Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2023  The Killer
????  Lange
????  The Goon

Special Effects:
1983  Twice Upon a Time
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2001  Ambush
2001  Chosen
2001  Powder Keg
2001  Star
2001  The Follow
2002  Beat the Devil
2002  Panic Room
2002  Ticker
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2006  Love and Other Disasters
2006  The Fall
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014  Gone Girl
2018  The Girl in the Spider's Web
2020  Mank
2022  Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2023  The Killer
????  Lange
????  The Goon

Thanks:
1983  Twice Upon a Time
1985  Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985  Smoking Fetus
1990  Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1992  Alien³
1995  Se7en
1997  The Game
1999  Fight Club
2000  Keeping the Faith
2001  Ambush
2001  Chosen
2001  Powder Keg
2001  Star
2001  The Follow
2002  Beat the Devil
2002  Panic Room
2002  Ticker
2005  Lords of Dogtown
2006  Love and Other Disasters
2006  The Fall
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008  WALL·E
2009  Where the Wild Things Are
2010  I'm Still Here
2010  Sympathy for Delicious
2010  The Social Network
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2013  Gravity
2014  Gone Girl
2014  The One I Love
2018  The Girl in the Spider's Web
2020  Mank
2022  Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2023  Beau Is Afraid
2023  The Killer
????  Lange
????  The Goon

Creator:
2001  The Hire

Director:
2001  The Hire
2013  House of Cards
2017  MINDHUNTER
2019  Love, Death & Robots

Executive Producer:
2001  The Hire
2013  House of Cards
2017  MINDHUNTER
2019  Love, Death & Robots
2021  VOIR

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