David Fincher filmography

Fincher at the premiere for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2012

David Fincher is an American film director who has worked on feature films, television series, and music videos. His works have been nominated for numerous Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Grammys and Emmys, 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 & 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, Sting, and Rick Springfield, among others.

Fincher also made a cameo in the 2009 French animated short film Logorama.

## Film

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Director

* Alien 3 (1992)
* Se7en (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)
* Gone Girl (2014)
* Mank (2020)
* The Killer (2023)
* The Adventures of Cliff Booth (TBA)

Executive producer

* Lords of Dogtown (2005)
* Love and Other Disasters (2006)
* The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

Interviewee

* Murder by Numbers (2004)
* Side by Side (2012)
* Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

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

## Television

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Executive
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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 2 episodes
2021  | Voir | No  | Yes  |

## Music video

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Year  | Title  | Artist

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1984  | "Bop Til You Drop"  | Rick Springfield
1985  | "Celebrate Youth"
"Shame"  | The Motels
"Shock"
"Dance This World Away"  | Rick Springfield
1986  | "All the Love"  | The Outfield
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"  | Jermaine Stewart
"Everytime You Cry"  | The Outfield
"One Simple Thing"  | Stabilizers
"Stay"  | Howard Hewett
1987  | "She Comes On"  | Wire Train
"Endless Nights"  | Eddie Money
"Downtown Train"  | Patty Smyth
"I Don't Mind at All"  | Bourgeois Tagg
"Notorious"  | Loverboy
"Love Will Rise Again"
"Johnny B"  | The Hooters[1]
"Storybook Love" (from The Princess Bride)  | Willy DeVille and Mark Knopfler
"Can I Hold You"  | Colin Hay
"No Surrender"  | The Outfield
"Say You Will"  | Foreigner
"Don't Tell Me the Time"  | Martha Davis
1988  | "Tell It to the Moon"
"Heart of Gold"  | Johnny Hates Jazz
"Englishman in New York"  | Sting[1]
"Shattered Dreams" (second version)  | Johnny Hates Jazz
"Get Rhythm"  | Ry Cooder
"Most of All"  | Jody Watley
"Roll with It"  | Steve Winwood
"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (version 1988)  | Paula Abdul
"Holding On"  | Steve Winwood
1989  | "Bamboléo"  | Gipsy Kings
"Straight Up"  | Paula Abdul
"Real Love"  | Jody Watley
"She's a Mystery to Me"  | Roy Orbison
"Forever Your Girl"  | Paula Abdul
"Express Yourself"  | Madonna[2]
"The End of the Innocence"  | Don Henley
"Cold Hearted"  | Paula Abdul
"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (version 1989)
"Oh Father"  | Madonna
"Janie's Got a Gun"  | Aerosmith
1990  | "Heart"  | Neneh Cherry
"Vogue"  | Madonna
"Cradle of Love"  | Billy Idol
"Home"  | Iggy Pop
"L.A. Woman"  | Billy Idol[3]
"Should She Cry"  | Wire Train
"Freedom! '90"  | George Michael
1992  | "Who Is It"  | Michael Jackson[4][5]
1993  | "Bad Girl"  | Madonna
1994  | "Love Is Strong"  | The Rolling Stones
1996  | "6th Avenue Heartache"  | The Wallflowers
2000  | "Judith"  | A Perfect Circle[2]
2005  | "Only"  | Nine Inch Nails[6]
2013  | "Suit & Tie"  | Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z[7]

## Frequent collaborators

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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  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 5
Ceán Chaffin | Producer  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9
Jeff Cronenweth | Cinematographer  |  |  |  | Y |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y |  |  | 4
Donald Graham Burt | Production designer  |  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6
James Haygood | Editor  |  |  | Y | Y | Y |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Laray Mayfield  | Casting director  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8
Ren Klyce | Sound designer  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 10
Brad Pitt | Actor  |  | Y |  | Y |  |  | Y |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Trent Reznor | Composer  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 5
Atticus Ross | Composer  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 5
Howard Shore | Composer  |  | Y | Y |  | Y |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Bob Wagner | Assistant director  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |  |  |  | 6
Angus Wall | Editor  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |  |  |  | 5

## Reception

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### Critical reception

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Film  | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic

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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]

### Box office performance

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Film  | Release date  | Box office gross  | Budget

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North America  | Other territories  | Worldwide
Alien 3 | May 22, 1992 (1992-05-22) | $55,473,545  | $104,340,953  | $159,814,498  | $50 million[32]
Seven | September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22) | $100,125,643  | $227,186,216  | $327,311,859  | $33 million[33]
The Game | September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12) | $48,323,648  | $61,100,000  | $109,423,648  | $50 million[34]
Fight Club | October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15) | $37,030,102  | $63,823,651  | $100,853,753  | $63 million[35]
Panic Room | March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29) | $96,397,334  | $100,000,081  | $196,397,415  | $48 million[36]
Zodiac | March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02) | $33,080,084  | $51,705,830  | $84,785,914  | $65 million[37]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | December 25, 2008 (2008-12-25) | $127,509,326  | $206,422,757  | $333,932,083  | $150 million[38]
The Social Network | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) | $96,962,694  | $127,957,621  | $224,920,315  | $40 million[39]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | December 20, 2011 (2011-12-20) | $102,068,888  | $130,101,637  | $232,617,430  | $90 million[40]
Gone Girl | October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03) | $167,238,510  | $199,700,000  | $366,938,510  | $61 million[41]
Mank | November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) | N/D  | $74,751  | $99,752  | $25 million[42]
The Killer | October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27) | N/D  | N/D  | $452,208  | $10 million[43]
Total  | $858,764,264  | $1,246,113,227  | $2,137,010,115  | $685 million

## See also

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* David Fincher's unrealized projects
* List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher

## References

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## External links

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* David Fincher filmography at IMDb

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* Bibliography
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Films|

* 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)
* Gone Girl (2014)
* Mank (2020)
* The Killer (2023)
* The Adventures of Cliff Booth (TBA)

Related|

* Jack Fincher (father)
* Ceán Chaffin (wife)

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