David Fincher is an American film director who has worked on feature films, television series, and music videos. His works have been nominated for Academy Award, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Grammys and Emmy Awards, among other accolades. He received Academy Award for Best Director nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), and Mank (2020).
He made his directorial debut in 1992 with the science-fiction horror film Alien 3. Since then, he has gone on to direct several films in the thriller genre, including Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014) and The Killer (2023). He has also produced three television series for Netflix: House of Cards (2013–2018), Mindhunter (2017–2019), and Love, Death and Robots (2019).
Outside of feature films, Fincher has directed music videos for artists including The Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z—for which he won two Grammy Awards for Best Music Video—Nine Inch Nails, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rick Springfield, among others.
Fincher also made a cameo in the 2009 French animated short film Logorama.
Director
Executive producer
Interviewee
Cameo roles
Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | Being John Malkovich | Christopher Bing |
2002 | Full Frontal | Film Director |
2009 | Logorama | Original Pringles Mascot (Voice) |
Other credits
Year | Title | Role |
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1983 | Return of the Jedi | Assistant cameraman |
Twice Upon a Time | Special photographic effects | |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Matte photography |
The NeverEnding Story | Matte photography assistant |
Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Notes |
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2013–2018 | House of Cards | Yes | Yes | Directed 2 episodes |
2017–2019 | Mindhunter | Yes | Yes | Directed 7 episodes |
2019–present | Love, Death & Robots | Yes | Yes | Directed episode "Bad Travelling" |
2021 | Voir | No | Yes |
Collaborator | Role | Alien 3 | Seven | The Game | Fight Club | Panic Room | Zodiac | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | The Social Network | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Gone Girl | Mank | The Killer | Total |
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Kirk Baxter | Editor | 5 | ||||||||||||
Ceán Chaffin | Producer | 9 | ||||||||||||
Jeff Cronenweth | Cinematographer | 4 | ||||||||||||
Donald Graham Burt | Production designer | 6 | ||||||||||||
James Haygood | Editor | 3 | ||||||||||||
Laray Mayfield | Casting director | 8 | ||||||||||||
Ren Klyce | Sound designer | 10 | ||||||||||||
Brad Pitt | Actor | 3 | ||||||||||||
Trent Reznor | Composer | 5 | ||||||||||||
Atticus Ross | Composer | 5 | ||||||||||||
Howard Shore | Composer | 3 | ||||||||||||
Bob Wagner | Assistant director | 6 | ||||||||||||
Angus Wall | Editor | 5 |
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
---|---|---|
Alien 3 | 48% (63 reviews)[8] | 59 (20 reviews)[9] |
Seven | 82% (80 reviews)[10] | 65 (22 reviews)[11] |
The Game | 75% (61 reviews)[12] | 61 (19 reviews)[13] |
Fight Club | 79% (178 reviews)[14] | 66 (35 reviews)[15] |
Panic Room | 75% (187 reviews)[16] | 65 (36 reviews)[17] |
Zodiac | 89% (257 reviews)[18] | 78 (40 reviews)[19] |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 71% (258 reviews)[20] | 70 (37 reviews)[21] |
The Social Network | 96% (327 reviews)[22] | 95 (42 reviews)[23] |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 87% (253 reviews)[24] | 71 (41 reviews)[25] |
Gone Girl | 87% (364 reviews)[26] | 79 (49 reviews)[27] |
Mank | 83% (351 reviews)[28] | 79 (50 reviews)[29] |
The Killer | 85% (282 reviews)[30] | 73 (58 reviews)[31] |
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
North America | Other territories | Worldwide | |||
Alien 3 | May 22, 1992 | $55,473,545 | $104,340,953 | $159,814,498 | $50 million[32] |
Seven | September 22, 1995 | $100,125,643 | $227,186,216 | $327,311,859 | $33 million[33] |
The Game | September 12, 1997 | $48,323,648 | $61,100,000 | $109,423,648 | $50 million[34] |
Fight Club | October 15, 1999 | $37,030,102 | $63,823,651 | $100,853,753 | $63 million[35] |
Panic Room | March 29, 2002 | $96,397,334 | $100,000,081 | $196,397,415 | $48 million[36] |
Zodiac | March 2, 2007 | $33,080,084 | $51,705,830 | $84,785,914 | $65 million[37] |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | December 25, 2008 | $127,509,326 | $206,422,757 | $333,932,083 | $150 million[38] |
The Social Network | October 1, 2010 | $96,962,694 | $127,957,621 | $224,920,315 | $40 million[39] |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | December 20, 2011 | $102,068,888 | $130,101,637 | $232,617,430 | $90 million[40] |
Gone Girl | October 3, 2014 | $167,238,510 | $199,700,000 | $366,938,510 | $61 million[41] |
Mank | November 13, 2020 | N/D | $74,751 | $99,752 | $25 million[42] |
The Killer | October 27, 2023 | N/D | N/D | $452,208 | $10 million[43] |
Total | $858,764,264 | $1,246,113,227 | $2,137,010,115 | $685 million |