David Fincher

David Andrew Leo Fincher born August 28 1962 is an American film director His films mostly thrillers have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards including three for him as Best Director Born in Denver Colorado Fincher was interested in filmmaking at an early age He directed numerous music videos most notably Madonnas Express Yourself in 1989 and Vogue in 1990 both of which won him the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction He made his feature film debut with Alien 3 1992 which garnered mixed reviews followed by the thriller Seven 1995 which was better received Fincher found lukewarm success with The Game 1997 and Fight Club 1999 but the latter eventually became a cult classic In 2002 he returned to prominence with the thriller Panic Room starring Jodie Foster Fincher also directed Zodiac 2007 The Social Network 2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 and Mank 2020 For The Social Network he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and BAFTA Award for Best Direction His biggest commercial successes are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 and Gone Girl 2014 both of which grossed more than 300 million worldwide with the former earning thirteen nominations at the Academy Awards and eleven at the British Academy Film Awards He also served as an executive producer and director for the Netflix series House of Cards 20132018 and Mindhunter 20172019 winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode of House of Cards Fincher was the cofounder of Propaganda Films a film and music