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David Fincher
Denver, Colorado, USA
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…
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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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2026
THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH
Movie Director
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2025
Weapons
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2024
This Is the Zodiac Speaking
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2023
The Killer
Movie Director
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2023
The Super Models
TV show Self
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2023
Beau Is Afraid
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2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie Producer
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2022
Blonde
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2021
Voir
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Directors on Directors
TV show Self
- 2021
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2020
Mank
Movie Director
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2019
Love, Death & Robots
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
MINDHUNTER
TV show Executive Producer
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2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
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2014
Gone Girl
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2014
The One I Love
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2013
Gravity
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2013
House of Cards
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2012
Side by Side
Movie Self
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2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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2011
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
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2011
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Movie Self
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2010
The Social Network
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2010
I'm Still Here
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2010
Sympathy for Delicious
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2009
Where the Wild Things Are
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2009
Logorama
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2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
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2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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2008
WALL·E
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2008
Zodiac Deciphered
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2007
Zodiac
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2007
Dirt
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