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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.

Film

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)

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

Other credits

Television

Music video

Frequent collaborators

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
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

Critical reception

Box office performance

See also

• David Fincher's unrealized projects

References

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External links

• David Fincher filmography at IMDb 

• Director filmographies
• American filmographies
• Films directed by David Fincher