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David Fincher
Born
David Andrew Leo Fincher[1][2]

(1962-08-28) August 28, 1962 (age 61)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Other namesFinch, Dave Fincher
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, music video director
Years active1984–present
Notable workSeven, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
SpouseDonya Fiorentino (1990–1995)
ChildrenPhelix Imogen (b. April 25, 1994)

David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film and music video director who is known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Alien 3 (1992), Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), and Zodiac (2007). Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and his 2010 film The Social Network, which also won him the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Director. His most recent film is 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel of the same name.

Early life and career

Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado, the son of Claire Mae (née Boettcher), a mental health nurse who worked in drug addiction programs, and Howard Kelly Fincher, who worked as a bureau chief for Life under the name Jack Fincher.[1][6] When Fincher was two years old, the family moved to San Anselmo in Marin County, California. Fincher moved to Ashland, Oregon in his teens, where he graduated from Ashland High School. Inspired by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Fincher began making movies at age eight with an 8 mm camera. Fincher eschewed the film school route, getting a job loading cameras and doing other hands-on work for John Korty’s Korty Films. He was later hired by Industrial Light & Magic in 1983, where he worked on productions for Twice Upon a Time, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1984, he left ILM to direct a commercial for the American Cancer Society, that would show a fetus smoking a cigarette. This quickly brought Fincher to the attention of producers in Los Angeles and he was given the chance to direct the documentary The Beat of the Live Drum featuring Rick Springfield in 1985. Though he would continue to direct spots for companies like Revlon, Converse, Nike, Pepsi, Sony, and Levi's, Fincher soon discovered music videos and went on to direct many promos.

Propaganda Films

Set on a directing career, Fincher joined video-production company Propaganda Films and started off directing music videos and commercials. Like Fincher, other directors such as Michael Bay, Samuel Bayer, Meiert Avis, David Kellogg, Antoine Fuqua, Neil LaBute, Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Michel Gondry, Paul Rachman, Zack Snyder, Gore Verbinski, and Alex Proyas honed their talents at Propaganda Films before moving on to feature films.

Music videos

Fincher directed big budget music videos for artists such as Madonna (including "Express Yourself", "Vogue", "Oh Father" and "Bad Girl"), Billy Idol ("Cradle of Love"), Paula Abdul (including "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me", "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl" and "Cold Hearted"), Aerosmith ("Janie's Got a Gun"), The Rolling Stones (including "Love Is Strong"), Roy Orbison ("She's a Mystery to Me"), Nine Inch Nails ("Only"), A Perfect Circle ("Judith"), Jody Watley (including "Real Love" and "Most of All"), Howard Hewett ("Stay"), Rick Springfield ("State Of The Heart"), Jermaine Stewart (We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off), Steve Winwood, Neneh Cherry ("Heart"), George Michael ("Freedom '90"), The Motels "Shame", Michael Jackson ("Who Is It"), The Wallflowers, Wire Train and The Outfield, including "All the Love (in the World)", "Every Time You Cry" and "No Surrender". His video for Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" won Henley the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1990. He also earned back-to-back MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction in 1989 for "Express Yourself" and in 1990 for "Vogue". In 1990, he earned three of the four available nominations in the Best Direction category.

Features

Alien 3

Main article: Alien 3

After directing several music videos, Fincher's feature debut was Alien 3 (1992). While it received an Oscar nomination for special effects, the film was not well received by critics or moviegoers. Fincher became involved with several disputes with 20th Century Fox over script and budget issues. In "The Director’s Cut",[7] he blames the producers for not putting the necessary trust in him. An Interview with David Fincher by Guardian in 2009:

"No one hated it more than me; to this day, no one hates it more than me,"

After this, Fincher retreated back into the world of commercial and music video directing, including the video for the Grammy Award winning track "Love Is Strong" (1994) by The Rolling Stones.

Seven

Main article: Seven (film)

In 1995, Fincher directed Seven. The film, based on a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, told the story of two detectives (played by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) tracking down a serial killer who bases his killings on the seven deadly sins. The film grossed more than $100 million domestically (over $300 million internationally).[8] The chairman of New Line Cinema, Arnold Kopelson, originally refused to allow filming of the shocking climactic scene. With the aid of Brad Pitt, who stated that he would not be involved with the picture if its ending were changed, Fincher was allowed to film the original scene and use it in the final cut.

The Game

Main article: The Game (1997 film)

After the success of Seven, Fincher went on to film The Game (1997). The story focused on a closed-off San Francisco businessman (played by Michael Douglas) who receives an unusual gift from his younger brother (Sean Penn), in which he becomes the main player of a role-playing game that takes over his life. The film had middling box-office returns despite being well received by critics.

Fight Club

Main article: Fight Club

Fight Club was a screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel of the same name about an insomniac office worker who opens up a club devoted exclusively to bare knuckle fighting for men. Featuring Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, and Seven collaborator Brad Pitt, the 1999 film was an early disappointment at the box-office and received mixed reviews. Fight Club was panned by several critics and alienated audiences leading to its box office failure in the United States.

However, many critics and audiences later changed their opinions and the film appeared on many 'best of the year' lists and soon developed a cult following. Entertainment Weekly, which had originally given the film a D-,[9] later ranked the DVD #1 on its list of 50 Essential DVDs.[10] Exceptional sales[citation needed] have since established it as a cult film.

In 2006 the British magazine Total Film voted Fight Club number four in the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, beaten only by Jaws, Vertigo and Goodfellas at 3, 2 and 1 respectively.[11]

Panic Room

Main article: Panic Room

In 2002, Fincher followed up with the thriller Panic Room. The film earned over $92 million at the U.S. box office. The story follows a single mother (Jodie Foster) and her daughter (Kristen Stewart) as they hide in a safe room of their new house, away from criminals (Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, and Fight Club collaborator Jared Leto) bent on finding a missing fortune. Fincher acknowledged Panic Room as a more mainstream thriller, describing the film, on the DVD's audio commentary, as "[basically] a date movie" and a "really good B movie" about "two people trapped in a closet".

Zodiac

Main article: Zodiac (film)
The symbol of the Zodiac Killer.

Five years after Panic Room, Fincher returned on March 2, 2007 with Zodiac, an adaptation of Robert Graysmith’s books about the hunt for the Zodiac Killer that starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Edwards, and Brian Cox. The first of Fincher’s films to be shot digitally, the majority of the film was recorded on a Thompson Viper Film Stream Camera. However, high-speed film cameras were used for the Blue Rock Springs and Presidio Heights murder scenes for the slow-motion shots.[12] It was originally to be released in the fall of 2006 but was pushed back after Fincher refused to cut 20 minutes off the film.

Zodiac was one of the best-reviewed films of that year, with only two other 2007 films appearing on more top-10 lists (No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood).[13] However, the film struggled at the box office in the U.S., earning only $33 million, but did well overseas with a foreign gross of $51.7 million. Worldwide, Zodiac was a decent success.[14] Despite an aggressive campaign by the studio, expectations surrounding Robert Downey, Jr.’s supporting performance, Fincher’s direction and Vanderbilt’s adapted script, the film did not earn a single Academy Award nomination.[15]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Main article: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)

A story about life and death, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story of the same name. The film was Fincher’s third with Brad Pitt. The film started shooting in November 2006 in New Orleans, before moving on to the Virgin Islands, Montreal, and L.A.. Both Zodiac and this film are co-productions of Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. The budget for the film was estimated at $150 million, partly due to the CGI effects used to reverse the aging in Brad Pitt’s character. The film is the first PG-13 film directed by Fincher. It received 13 nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, including Fincher's first nomination for Best Director. It won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects.

The Social Network

Main article: The Social Network

Fincher directed the 2010 film The Social Network, about the legal battles of Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook. The film features an Oscar-winning screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, adapted from the book The Accidental Billionaires. Featuring a young cast ensemble, the film was produced by Scott Rudin, Kevin Spacey and Michael DeLuca. Filming started in October 2009[16] and was released a year later, to critical acclaim. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross created the Oscar-winning soundtrack for the film, Fincher had long been a fan of Reznor's work in Nine Inch Nails, even putting a remix of "Closer" in the beginning of Seven and directing the music video for "Only". The film went on to win many awards, including four Golden Globes (including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score), three BAFTAs (including Best Direction), and three Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing.[17]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Main article: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)

Fincher directed the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was based on the book by Stieg Larsson, with a script written by Steven Zaillian. The film was shot in Sweden, with Rooney Mara (who played Erica Albright in The Social Network) as Lisbeth Salander, Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist, Robin Wright as Erika Berger, Stellan Skarsgård as Martin Vanger and Christopher Plummer as Henrik Vanger. The film was released on December 21, 2011. Along with Dragon Tattoo, Fincher and Zaillian have signed a two picture deal to also adapt The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, which will be shot back to back. In January 2012, it was announced that Sony Pictures was "moving forward" with the adaptation of The Girl Who Played with Fire, with Zaillian in the early stage of scripting it for a planned release in late 2013.[18][19] Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the soundtrack for the film (their second collaboration with Fincher).[20] It received Five Academy Award nominations at the 84th Academy Awards including: Best Actress for Rooney Mara, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Sound Mixing and won one award for Best Film Editing.

Future projects

House of Cards

Fincher has agreed to direct the first Netflix original television series, starring Kevin Spacey.[21] The show will be called House of Cards and will air in 2013.[22]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

For his next film project after The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Fincher (as of July 2010) is attached to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Jules Verne's eponymous novel. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!) is set to write the screenplay.[23] Originally, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea had been set to be directed by McG. Fincher's vision is to direct a 'gigantic steampunk science fiction movie from 1873' and '[his] Empire Strikes Back.'[24]

The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

It has been announced that the other two parts in the Millennium series, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, will be adapted. David Fincher confirmed that he is working with writer Steven Zaillian on the script.

The Killer

On November 1, 2007, Variety reported that Fincher was attached to do an adaptation of a French graphic novel called The Killer by Alexis Nolent, which was optioned by Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, with Pitt attached to star in the film. Scripted by Allesandro Camon, the film is about a top assassin, with his conscience getting the better of him, and a cop on his tail.[25]

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

An announcement was made on November 9, 2009 that Andrew Kevin Walker and David Fincher will re-team for the remake of the 1975 film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.[26][27] This marks the fifth time Andrew Kevin Walker and Fincher will work together. Walker wrote Fincher's 1995 thriller Seven, did uncredited rewrites for Fight Club and The Game and made a cameo appearance in Panic Room.

Heavy Metal

Variety reported that Paramount Pictures will make another animated film with David Fincher, based on the Heavy Metal comics. Fincher is set to direct one of the film’s eight or nine segments, which will also feature other directors such as animator Tim Miller[disambiguation needed] and magazine owner and publisher Kevin Eastman directing another. The film is envisioned as being an animated, adult-themed R-rated film.[28] On July 14, 2008 Paramount Pictures announced the movie is put on hold.[29] On September 4, 2008, it was announced the film was to be made by Columbia Pictures, and a few of the directors attached to make a segment each includes Zack Snyder, Gore Verbinski and Guillermo del Toro, as well as James Cameron.[30]

Collaborators

Acting

Fincher often casts certain actors more than once in his films. Fincher has consistently worked with Richmond Arquette, Bob Stephenson, Christopher John Fields, Brad Pitt and Joel Bissonnette.[citation needed]

Actor Alien 3
(1992) 		Seven
(1995) 		The Game
(1997) 		Fight Club
(1999) 		Panic Room
(2002) 		Zodiac
(2007) 		The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008) 		The Social Network
(2010) 		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(2011)
Richmond Arquette checkY checkY checkY checkY
Joel Bissonnette checkY checkY checkY
John Cassini checkY checkY
Christopher John Fields checkY checkY checkY checkY
Rachel Flanagan checkY checkY
Duffy Gaver checkY checkY
John Getz checkY checkY
Zach Grenier checkY checkY
Mark Boone Junior checkY checkY
Elias Koteas checkY checkY
Jared Leto checkY checkY
Barry Livingston checkY checkY
George Maguire checkY checkY checkY
Rooney Mara checkY checkY
Michael Massee checkY checkY
Owen Masterson checkY checkY
Angelina McCoy checkY checkY
Holt McCallany checkY checkY
Evan Mirand checkY checkY
Brad Pitt checkY checkY checkY
Paul Schulze checkY checkY
David Lee Smith checkY checkY
Bob Stephenson checkY checkY checkY checkY
Matt Winston checkY checkY

Other

Fincher also frequently works with the same crew across many films, notably Jeff Cronenweth, cinematographer, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, editing, Ren Klyce, sound designer, and more recently Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers. Alien 3 is unlisted, as there are no collaborations on that film.

Collaborator, Role Seven
(1995) 		The Game
(1997) 		Fight Club
(1999) 		Panic Room
(2002) 		Zodiac
(2007) 		The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008) 		The Social Network
(2010) 		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(2011)
Kirk Baxter, Editor checkY checkY checkY
Donald Graham Burt, Production Designer checkY checkY checkY checkY
Jeff Cronenweth, Cinematographer checkY checkY checkY
James Haygood, Editor checkY checkY checkY
Darius Khondji, Cinematographer checkY checkY
Ren Klyce, Sound Designer checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Laray Mayfield, Casting Director checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Trent Reznor, Composer checkY(Song "Closer" used during the opening credits) checkY checkY
Atticus Ross, Composer checkY checkY
Scott Rudin, Producer checkY checkY
Harris Savides, Cinematographer checkY checkY
Howard Shore, Composer checkY checkY checkY
Andrew Kevin Walker, Screenwriter checkY checkY (Uncredited rewrite) checkY (Uncredited rewrite) checkY
Angus Wall, Editor checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Music videos

Reception

Critical reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Overall Top Critics
Alien 3 42%[31] N/A [31] N/A
Seven 85%[32] 73%[33] 65[34]
The Game 71%[35] 78%[36] 61[37]
Fight Club 81%[38] 78%[39] 66[40]
Panic Room 77%[41] 64%[42] 65[43]
Zodiac 90%[44] 95%[45] 78[46]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 72%[47] 63%[48] 70[49]
The Social Network 96%[50] 100%[51] 95[52]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 87%[53] 72%[54] 71[55]
Average 77.9% 77.9% 71.4

Box office

Film Release date Revenue Budget Reference
United States Outside United States Worldwide
Alien 3 May 22, 1992 (1992-05-22) $55,473,545 $104,340,953 $159,814,498 $50 million [56]
Seven September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22) $100,125,643 $227,186,216 $327,311,859 $33 million [57]
The Game September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12) $48,323,648 $61,100,000 $109,423,648 $50 million [58]
Fight Club October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15) $37,030,102 $63,823,651 $100,853,753 $63 million [59]
Panic Room March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29) $96,397,334 $100,000,081 $196,397,415 $48 million [60]
Zodiac March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02) $33,080,084 $51,705,830 $84,785,914 $65 million [61]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button December 25, 2008 (2008-12-25) $127,509,326 $206,422,757 $333,932,083 $150 million [62]
The Social Network October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) $96,962,694 $127,957,621 $224,920,315 $40 million [63]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo December 20, 2011 (2011-12-20) $102,068,888 $124,300,000 $232,617,430 $90 million [64]
Total $592,281,774 $920,129,139 $1,512,410,913 $509 million

Awards

Award Year Category Title Result
Academy Award 2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2011 Best Director The Social Network Nominated
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films 1993 Best Director Alien 3 Nominated
1996 Best Director Se7en Nominated
2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
BAFTA Awards 2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2011[65] Best Director The Social Network Won
Blue Ribbon Award 1997 Best Foreign Language Film Se7en Won
Bodil Awards 2011 Best American Film The Social Network Nominated
2008 Best American Film Zodiac Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2010[66] Best Director The Social Network Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2011[67] Best Director The Social Network Won
2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
Cannes Film Festival 2007 Palme d'Or Zodiac Nominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2012 Best Director The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Nominated
2011[68] Best Director The Social Network 2nd Place
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2010[69] Best Director The Social Network Won
2008 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2007 Best Director Zodiac Nominated
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2011 Best Foreign-Language Film - Audience Award The Social Network Won
Best Foreign-Language Film The Social Network Nominated
Cinema Writers Circle Awards 2011 Best Foreign Film The Social Network Nominated
César Awards 2011[70] Best Foreign Film The Social Network Won
DVD Exclusive Awards 2001 Best DVD Audio Commentary Se7en Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2010[71] Best Director The Social Network Won
2008 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2nd Place
David di Donatello Awards 2011 Best Foreign Film The Social Network Nominated
Directors Guild of America 2012 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Nominated
2011 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures The Social Network Nominated
2009 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials Nominated
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2004 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials Won
Empire Awards 2011 Best Director The Social Network Nominated
2008 Best Director Zodiac Nominated
Fantasporto 1996[72] Best Film Se7en Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2011[73] Best Foreign Film The Social Network Won
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2010[74] Best Director The Social Network Won
Golden Globe 2011[75] Best Director The Social Network Won
2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
Hochi Film Awards 1996 Best Foreign Language Film Se7en Won
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2011 Best Non-European Director The Social Network Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2010[76] Best Director The Social Network Won
London Critics Circle Film Awards 2011 Director of the Year The Social Network Won
2009 Director of the Year The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Won
2008 Director of the Year Zodiac Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2010[77] Best Director The Social Network Won
National Board of Review 2010[78] Best Director The Social Network Won
2008[79] Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards 2011[80] Best Director The Social Network Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2010[81] Best Director The Social Network Won
2008 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3rd Place
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2011 Best Director The Social Network Won
2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2008 Best Director Zodiac Nominated
2000 Best Director Fight Club Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Best Director The Social Network Nominated
Robert Festival 2011 Best American Film The Social Network Nominated
Russian Guild of Film Critics 2010 Best Foreign Film The Social Network Nominated
SFX Awards 2010 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Best Director The Social Network Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2010 Best Director The Social Network Won
Sant Jordi Awards 2011 Best Foreign Film The Social Network Won
1997 Best Foreign Film Se7en Won
Satellite Awards 2010 Best Director The Social Network Won
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Best Director The Social Network Won
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Best Director The Social Network Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2011 Best Director The Social Network Won
2009 Best Director The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Won
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Best Director The Social Network Won

Further reading

  • Swallow, James (2003). "Dark and Light". Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher. Reynolds & Hearn. pp. 11–33. ISBN 1-903111-52-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Waxman, Sharon, ed. (2005), Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System, HarperEntertainment.

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Preceded by Best Director
for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 		Succeeded by
National Board of Review
Preceded by Best Director
for The Social Network
2010 		Succeeded by

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