David Fincher is an Academy-Award nominated American film director considered to be among the best directors in the world.
After establishing himself as a director of music videos, Fincher made his major directorial debut in 1992 with Alien 3 to mixed reviews. He gained greater recognition with 1999's Fight Club, a film that went on to have a cult following. In the 2000s, Fincher's profile continued to rise with Panic Room, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Beginning in 2013, he directed and executive produced the acclaimed television series House of Cards.
Fincher has described himself as a perfectionist who does extensive research into his subject matter and lead actors before a production. Critics have observed that Fincher's protagonists often are driven by dark, subconscious impulses, and that Fincher is particularly skilled at creating sustained psychological tension. To date, his films have won nine Academy Awards, seven BAFTAs, and four Golden Globes.
David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), loosely based on the short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was nominated for a miraculous thirteen Academy Awards, winning three - Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best...
Fight Club is a Twentieth Century Fox production shot in 1998 and released in the United States in 1999. The film is based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk of the same name. The rights to the novel were acquired by producer Laura Ziskin for $10,000...
David Fincher's Gone Girl (2014) is based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn (who also wrote the films screenplay). The film chronicles the story of Amy (played masterfully by Rosamund Pike) and Nick Dunne (played by Ben Affleck) after...
Directed by David Fincher, The Social Network is a 2010 drama film loosely based on controversies surrounding the creation of Facebook.
In the fall of 2003, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is an intelligent but arrogant Harvard sophomore. When...
