List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher explained

David Fincher
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American director David Fincher has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Director: for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), and Mank (2020). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Social Network.

He is also known for having directed the psychological thrillers Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), and Gone Girl (2014) and the mystery thrillers Zodiac (2007) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), as well as being instrumental in the creation of the U.S. television series House of Cards.

His films Zodiac and The Social Network are ranked in BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000.^[1]

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	width=330	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button		^[2]
2011		The Social Network		^[3]
2021		Mank		^[4]

British Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Direction	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2011		The Social Network		^[5]
2014	Best International Programme	House of Cards		^[6]
2015				^[7]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button		^[8]
2011		The Social Network		^[9]
2015		Gone Girl		^[10]
2021		Mank

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Best Music Video	"Oh Father", Madonna		^[11]
1995		"Love Is Strong", The Rolling Stones
2014		"Suit & Tie", Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	House of Cards		^[12]
Outstanding Drama Series
	2014
	2015			^[13]
	2016			^[14]
	2017
2019	Outstanding Short Form Animated Program	Love, Death & Robots
2021
2022

Miscellaneous awards

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Director	Zodiac
2008		The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010		The Social Network
2014		Gone Girl		^[15]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2011		The Social Network
2015		Gone Girl		^[16]
2021		Mank

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010		The Social Network
2014		Gone Girl		^[17]
2020		Mank

Directors Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2009	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button		^[18]
2011		The Social Network
2012		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2013	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	House of Cards
2021	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Mank

Empire Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	Zodiac
2011		The Social Network

London Film Critics' Circle

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Director	Zodiac
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010	The Social Network
2020	Mank

MTV Video Music Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1989	Best Direction in a Video	"Express Yourself" (by Madonna)
		"Real Love" (by Jody Watley)
		"Roll with It" (by Steve Winwood)
1990		"Vogue" (by Madonna)
		"The End of the Innocence" (by Don Henley)
		"Janie's Got a Gun" (by Aerosmith)
1991		"Freedom! '90" (by George Michael)
2013		"Suit & Tie" (by Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z)

National Board of Review

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010	The Social Network

New York Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010	The Social Network

Online Film Critics Society Award

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1999	Best Director	Fight Club
2007	Zodiac
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010	The Social Network

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network
2014	Gone Girl

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Episodic Drama	House of Cards		^[19]
2014				^[20]
2015				^[21]
2016				^[22]

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network
2014		Gone Girl		^[23]

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Director	Gone Girl		^[24]
2021		Mank

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1992	Best Director	Alien 3		^[25]
1995		Seven		^[26]
2008		The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network
2014		Gone Girl		^[27]

Toronto Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Director	Zodiac
2010		The Social Network

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010		The Social Network
2020		Mank

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network
2014		Gone Girl		^[29]

Other awards

Year	Work	Award	Result
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	SFX Award for Best Director
2010	The Social Network	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
		César Award for Best Foreign Film
		David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film
		Film Critics Circle of Australia for Best Foreign Film
		Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
		Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Director
		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
		Nastro d'Argento for Best Non-European Director
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
		Robert Festival for Best American Film
		Russian Guild of Film Critics for Best Foreign Film
		San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
		Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
2013	House of Cards	Peabody Award^[30]
2014	Gone Girl	Iowa Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
		Dorian Award for Film Director of the Year

Summary

Awards and nominations received by Fincher's films

Year	Title	Academy Awards		BAFTA Awards		Golden Globe Awards
		Nominations	Wins	Nominations	Wins	Nominations	Wins
1992	Alien 3	1		1
1995	Seven	1		1
1999	Fight Club	1
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	13	3	11	3	5
2010	The Social Network	8	3	6	3	6	4
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	5	1	2		2
2014	Gone Girl	1		2		4
2020	Mank	10	2	6	1	6
Total		40	9	29	7	23	4

Directed Academy Award performances

	Year		Performer		Film		Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
2008	Brad Pitt	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010	Jesse Eisenberg	The Social Network
2020	Gary Oldman	Mank
Academy Award for Best Actress
2011	Rooney Mara	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2014	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008	Taraji P. Henson	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2020	Amanda Seyfried	Mank

External links

• • • David Fincher at MVDbase.com
• David Fincher at Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 21st Century's 100 greatest films. BBC. January 31, 2017. August 23, 2016.
2. News: The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
3. News: The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners. August 27, 2013. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
4. News: The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners. December 27, 2021. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
5. Web site: Live: BAFTA Film Awards 2011 Winners. Reynolds. Simon. 13 February 2011. Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. 13 February 2011.
6. Web site: Harris . Jamie . BAFTA Television Awards 2014: This year's nominees in full . Digital Spy . April 7, 2014 . April 7, 2014.
7. Web site: Alex Ritman. BAFTA TV Awards: Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Third Nomination for 'Sherlock'. The Hollywood Reporter. April 8, 2015. April 8, 2015.
8. Web site: Golden Globes deliver second-worst ratings since '95. Los Angeles Times. 2008-01-12.
9. News: Glee and The Social Network dominate Golden Globes. 2011-01-17. BBC News. 2011-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110117080943/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12184166. 17 January 2011. live.
10. News: 2015 Golden Globes: full list of nominations. The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. January 11, 2015. April 24, 2015.
11. Web site: David Fincher. The Recording Academy. grammy.com. July 30, 2020.
12. News: Emmy nominations 2013: "House of Cards" makes history, "American Horror Story" leads . Cbsnews.com . July 18, 2013 . August 4, 2013.
13. Web site: Orange Is The New Black . Television Academy . June 11, 2015.
14. Web site: Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham to Announce Emmy Nominations . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . June 21, 2016 . June 25, 2016.
15. Web site: 'Birdman' Leads 2014 CFCA Nominations . . December 12, 2014 . December 12, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151127051249/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/awards/130-birdman-leads-2014-cfca-nominations . November 27, 2015 .
    • Web site: 2014 Chicago Film Critics Awards . . April 24, 2015 . PDF . 4 .
16. News: Critics Choice Awards Winners. Variety. Penske Media Corporation. January 15, 2015. April 24, 2015.
17. Web site: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association winners include 'Birdman' as best film of 2014. HitFix. December 15, 2014. April 24, 2015. Patches. Matt.
18. Web site: DGA Awards Film Nominees Have No Shockers: Cuaron, Greengrass, McQueen, Russell, Scorsese. Deadline.com. January 7, 2014.
19. Web site: 'Arrested Development,' 'Breaking Bad' and CNN Score PGA Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. December 5, 2013. December 3, 2013.
20. Web site: Producers Guild Awards Winners. producersguild.org. Producers Guild of America. PGA. January 25, 2015. January 28, 2015.
21. News: Tapley. Kristopher. 'Revenant,' 'Mad Max,' 'Straight Outta Compton' Among PGA Film Nominees. January 5, 2016. Variety. en-US.
22. News: McNary. Dave. Producers Guild TV Awards: 'Westworld,' 'Stranger Things,' 'Atlanta' Grab Nominations. January 5, 2017. Variety. January 5, 2017.
23. Web site: 2014 San Diego Film Critics Award Nominations. San Diego Film Critics Society. December 11, 2014. December 11, 2014.
    • Web site: San Diego film critics really, really love Nightcrawler. HitFix. December 15, 2014. April 24, 2015. Tapley. Kristopher.
24. News: International Press Academy Reveals Film, TV Nominees . . . December 1, 2014 . Kilday . Gregg . April 24, 2015 .
    • Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150322211901/http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees/ . March 22, 2015 . . Current Nominees . March 22, 2015 . dead .
25. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1993 19th Saturn Awards
26. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1996 22nd Saturn Awards
27. Web site: Birdman, Grand Budapest lead St. Louis film critics nominations. HitFix. December 11, 2014. April 24, 2015. Tapley. Kristopher.
    • Web site: St. Louis critics award Boyhood, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rosamund Pike. HitFix. December 15, 2014. April 24, 2015. Tapley. Kristopher.
28. Web site: Venice Lineup Includes Films by Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, David Fincher and More. Variety. Nick. Vivarelli. July 25, 2023. July 25, 2023.
29. Web site: The 2014 WAFCA Awards. December 6, 2014. December 7, 2014. Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.
    • Web site: D.C. Wants to Have a Talk About the Birds and the Boys "Boyhood" and "Birdman" Dominate This Year's Awards. 2. Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 8, 2014.
30. http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/house-of-cards-netflix 73rd Annual Peabody Awards