David Fincher

David Fincher: Biography in Details

Who is David Fincher?

David Fincher is a producer of films, American directors, television, and music videos.

Furthermore, he is popular for having directed Alien 3 in his directorial debut, and is most known for films in the thriller genre, including Seven,  The Game, Fight Club, and Panic Room.

What are the birth facts of David Fincher?

He was born on August 28, 1962, as David Andrew Leo Fincher in Denver, Colorado, U.S.

He is the son of Howard Kelly “Jack” Fincher, an author from Oklahoma who worked as a reporter and bureau chief for Life and Claire Mae, a mental health nurse who worked in drug addiction programs. In April 2003, his father died of cancer.

He wants to be a filmmaker from his early age.

David Fincher: Education History

He graduated from Ashland High School in Ashland, Oregon.

David Fincher: Early Life Profession and Career

He started his career by working at Korty Films as a production head. After that, he moved up the ranks and became a visual effects producer, as well as working on the animated Twice Upon a Time.

In 1983, he was hired by Industrial Light & Magic as an assistant cameraman and matte photographer and worked on Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

He left ILM to direct a commercial for the American Cancer Society that depicted a fetus smoking a cigarette in 1984.

Moreover, he got hired by 20th Century Fox to replace Vincent Ward as the director of the science fiction horror film Alien 3, his feature directorial debut. Fincher followed up with the thriller Panic Room in 2002 and it earned over $92 million at the U.S. box office.

On March 2, 2007, Five years after Panic Room, Fincher returned with Zodiac. As well as in 2010, Fincher directed the film The Social Network, about the legal battles of Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook.

Fincher directed the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the book by Stieg Larsson, with a script written by Steven Zaillian in 2011.

He directed the adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl, which starred Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in 2014. He directed another Netflix series, Mindhunter, in 2016. It was based on the book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit.

David Fincher: Lifetime achievement and awards

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008.

he received a Grammy Award for the Rolling Stones video “Love Is Strong” in 1994.

Is David Fincher involved in any controversies?

Once, Fincher found controversy with Fight Club.

David Fincher: Salary and Networth

He earns a huge amount of money from his work but has been keeping away to the media or public.

His estimated net worth is about $65 million which he earns from his profession.

David Fincher: Body measurement

He has an average body with short grey hair and with dark brown eyes.

Besides that, he is 6 feet tall with the body mass of 82 kg.

David Fincher: Social media

He is active on Facebook with more than 59k followers, on Twitter with more than 14k followers, and rather than Instagram.

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Reference: (Wikipedia, IMDB)

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