David Fincher

David Fincher

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.

Beau Is Afraid
2023
Thanks
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Producer
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
Executive Producer
The One I Love
2014
Thanks
Gone Girl
2014
Director
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Director
The Social Network
2010
Director
I'm Still Here
2010
Thanks
Sympathy for Delicious
2010
Thanks
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Thanks
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Director
WALL·E
2008
Thanks
Zodiac
2007
Director
Love and Other Disasters
2006
Executive Producer
The Fall
2006
Executive Producer
Lords of Dogtown
2005
Executive Producer
Panic Room
2002
Director
Ticker
2002
Original Concept
Powder Keg
2001
Executive Producer
Star
2001
Executive Producer
Chosen
2001
Executive Producer
The Follow
2001
Executive Producer
Ambush
2001
Executive Producer
Keeping the Faith
2000
Thanks
Fight Club
1999
Director
The Game
1997
Director
Se7en
1995
Director
Alien³
1992
Director
Twice Upon a Time
1983
Special Effects
The Goon

Executive Producer
Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
1985
Director
The Killer
2023
Director
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
Self
Mank
2020
Director
Gravity
2013
Thanks
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger
2012
Self
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
2012
Self
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
2011
Self
Zodiac Deciphered
2008
Self
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Self - Interviewee
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
Self
Beat the Devil
2002
Original Concept
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
Director
The Alien Saga
2002
Self (archive footage)
Dangerous: The Short Films
1993
Director
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Self
Side by Side
2012
Self
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: On Location - Sweden and Hollywood
2012
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
Self
Logorama
2009
Pringles Original (voice)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Self (archive footage)
Full Frontal
2002
Film Director
Being John Malkovich
1999
Christopher Bing (uncredited)
Smoking Fetus
1985
Director
The Ewok Adventure
1984
Visual Effects Camera
Return of the Jedi
1983
Visual Effects Camera