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David Fincher
Director, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn August 28, 1962 (63 years)
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.
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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David Fincher Filmography
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| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) |
| 2017 | MINDHUNTER (TV Series) |
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| 2013 | House of Cards (US) (TV Series) |
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| 2021 | VOIR (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Girl in the Spider's Web · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | MINDHUNTER (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | House of Cards (US) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | The Fall · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Love and Other Disasters · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Lords of Dogtown · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Hire · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Ticker · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Star · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Powder Keg · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | The Follow · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Chosen · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Ambush · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Logorama · as Pringles Original (voice) |
| 2002 | Full Frontal · as Film Director |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich · as Christopher Bing (uncredited) |
| 2024 | This is the Zodiac Speaking (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | The Super Models (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2021 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2021 | 2021 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
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| 2017 | The Shocking Truth (2017) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut · as Self |
| 2015 | 72nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2013 | 2013 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | Side by Side · as Self |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2011 | The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
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| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self (segment: Where People And Ideas Begin) |
| 2009 | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button · as Self |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2008 | Zodiac Deciphered · as Self |
| 2007 | This Is Zodiac · as Self |
| 2007 | Dirt (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Mark Romanek · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2004 | Shooting 'Panic Room' · as Self |
| 2004 | Murder by Numbers · as Self |
| 2003 | The Making of 'Alien³' · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | The 'Alien' Saga · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Alien Evolution · as Self |
| 1996 | 1996 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Accepting Award For Best Movie |
| 1992 | The Making of 'Alien 3' · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - César D'honneur |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Hire · as Original Concept |
| 2002 | Beat the Devil · as Original Concept |
| 2002 | Ticker · as Original Concept |
| 1984 | The Ewok Adventure · as Visual Effects Camera |
| 1983 | Twice Upon a Time · as Visual Effects Camera |
| 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · as Visual Effects Camera |