David Fincher (1962 - )

Date of Birth: 1962
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
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Though born in Colorado, Fincher was raised in Oregon and, later, in Marin County, California. He was determined to work in the film industry from an early age and at the age of 18, he joined the special effects house Korty Films. Having learned his trade in visual effects, Fincher moved to Industrial Light and Magic where he perfected his skills from 1981 - 1983.

But the lure of directing soon proved too strong and Fincher left ILM to start work as a TV commercials director. He signed on with the N. Lee Lacy agency and soon graduated to directing some of the most innovative and exciting rock videos of the late 1980s.

In 1987, Fincher teamed up with fellow promo and commercials directors Dominic Sena, Greg Gold and Nigel Dick to form the successful Propaganda production house. Five years later, he got his first chance at a feature when he was offered the third episode in the prestigious Alien franchise. Unfortunately, studio politicking and a protracted period in development hell left Fincher high and dry and Alienł was far from the calling card Fincher might have hoped for.

Undaunted, Fincher bounced back in 1995 with the superb Se7en, the film that finally showed what he was capable of. He hasn't looked back since, making the under-rated The Game (1996) and Fight Club (1999), one of the most audacious and courageous movies to come from a mainstream Hollywood studio in the 1990s.

1983
Twice Upon a Time (special photographic effects)

1989
Express Yourself (director (rock promo))

1992
Alienł (director)

1994
Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look At (director)

1995
Se7en (director)

1997
The Game (director)

1999
Being John Malkovich (performer - Christopher Bing (uncredited))
Fight Club (director)

1985
The Beat of the Live Drum (director)

1988
The Way That You Love Me (version 1) (director (rock promo))

1989
The Way That You Love Me (version 2) (director (rock promo))
Straight Up (director (rock promo))
Forever Your Girl (director (rock promo))
Cold Hearted (director (rock promo))
Janie's Got a Gun (director (rock promo))

1990
Oh Father (director (rock promo))

1993
Bad Girl (director (rock promo))
Who Is It (director (rock promo))

1994
Love Is Strong (director (rock promo))

1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (director)

2000
Judith (director (rock promo))
Keeping the Faith (special thanks)

2001
Panic Room (director)

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Vogue (director (rock promo))
6th Avenue Heartbreak (director (rock promo))
Englishman in New York (director (rock promo))
Freedom (director (rock promo))
Rock the Cradle of Love (director (rock promo))

MAGAZINES

Cinema (Hungary) no.98 (January 2000) p.23
interview (A filmem nagyon is erkölcsös Dorothee Lackner)

Empire no.80 (1996) pp.80-87
interview (by Mark Salisbury)

Sight and Sound vol.6 no.1 (1996) p.24
interview (by Amy Taubin)

Total Film (Hungary) vol.1 no.10 (January 2000) p.16
article (El sem tudják képzelni micsoda démonok lakoznak bennem by Gergely Zöldi)

Total Film (UK) no.10 (November 1997) pp.48-49
interview (by David Cohen)

Vox (Hungary) vol.1 no.33 (January 2000) pp.56-57
interview (David Fincher világa by Eszter Szikora)

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