David Fincher

David Fincher is an American filmmaker who started in commercials and music videos before becoming a director of features and television. Born in Denver, he worked in visual effects and co-founded Propaganda Films in 1986, directing videos for Madonna such as Express Yourself and Vogue that won him MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction. He also took Grammys for the Rolling Stones' Love Is Strong and Justin Timberlake's Suit & Tie. His feature debut was Alien 3 (1992), and Seven (1995) brought his breakthrough. Later films include Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), Gone Girl (2014), Mank (2020) and The Killer (2023); three of them earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. For television he directed and produced House of Cards, winning an Emmy, and made Mindhunter and Love, Death & Robots.