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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Christopher Bing |
| 2002 | Full Frontal | Film Director |
| 2009 | Logorama | Original Pringles Mascot (Voice) |
Other credits
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2018 | House of Cards | Directed 2 episodes | |||
| 2017–2019 | Mindhunter | Directed 7 episodes | |||
| 2019–present | Love, Death & Robots | Directed episode "Bad Travelling" | |||
| 2021 | Voir |
| Year | Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "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[2] | ||
| "Should She Cry" | Wire Train | ||
| "Freedom! '90" | George Michael | ||
| 1992 | "Who Is It" | Michael Jackson[3] [4] | |
| 1993 | "Bad Girl" | Madonna | |
| 1994 | "Love Is Strong" | The Rolling Stones | |
| 1996 | "6th Avenue Heartache" | The Wallflowers | |
| 2000 | "Judith" | A Perfect Circle[5] | |
| 2005 | "Only" | Nine Inch Nails[6] | |
| 2013 | "Suit & Tie" | Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z[7] |
| 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 | 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) | 65 (36 reviews)[16] | |
| Zodiac | 89% (257 reviews)[17] | 78 (40 reviews)[18] | |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 71% (258 reviews) | 70 (37 reviews)[19] | |
| The Social Network | 96% (327 reviews)[20] | 95 (42 reviews)[21] | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 87% (253 reviews)[22] | 71 (41 reviews) | |
| Gone Girl | 87% (364 reviews)[23] | 79 (49 reviews)[24] | |
| Mank | 83% (351 reviews)[25] | 79 (50 reviews)[26] | |
| The Killer | 85% (282 reviews)[27] | 73 (58 reviews)[28] |
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | Worldwide | ||||
| Alien 3 | $55,473,545 | $104,340,953 | $159,814,498 | $50 million[29] | ||
| Seven | $100,125,643 | $227,186,216 | $327,311,859 | $33 million[30] | ||
| The Game | $48,323,648 | $61,100,000 | $109,423,648 | $50 million[31] | ||
| Fight Club | $37,030,102 | $63,823,651 | $100,853,753 | $63 million[32] | ||
| Panic Room | $96,397,334 | $100,000,081 | $196,397,415 | $48 million[33] | ||
| Zodiac | $33,080,084 | $51,705,830 | $84,785,914 | $65 million[34] | ||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $127,509,326 | $206,422,757 | $333,932,083 | $150 million[35] | ||
| The Social Network | $96,962,694 | $127,957,621 | $224,920,315 | $40 million[36] | ||
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $102,068,888 | $130,101,637 | $232,617,430 | $90 million[37] | ||
| Gone Girl | $167,238,510 | $199,700,000 | $366,938,510 | $61 million[38] | ||
| Mank | N/D | $74,751 | $99,752 | $25 million[39] | ||
| The Killer | N/D | N/D | $452,208 | $10 million[40] | ||
| Total | $858,764,264 | $1,246,113,227 | $2,137,010,115 | $685 million | ||