David Fincher

David Fincher (born May 10, 1962) is an American film director best known for his dark portraits of the human experience.

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May 10 - 1962 - Film director

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Born in Denver, Colorado, Fincher started as an animator at Industrial Light and Magic in 1980, with his first screen credit being for Return of the Jedi, and stayed until 1984(?). In 1986, he founded the video-production company Propaganda Films. He directed big-budget music videos for artists such as Madonna (including "Express Yourself" and "Vogue"), George Michael, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones (including "Love Is Strong"), Nine Inch Nails, and A Perfect Circle, as well as commercials.

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Denver, Colorado - Industrial Light and Magic - 1980 - Return of the Jedi - 1984 - 1986 - Propaganda Films - Music video - Madonna - George Michael - Aerosmith - The Rolling Stones - Nine Inch Nails - A Perfect Circle - Commercial

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Like a number of other music video directors, he then moved into film. His debut was Alien³ (1992), which was then the most expensive picture ever made by a first-time director, but it was a financial and critical disappointment. Despite this initial setback, Fincher's career rebounded dramatically with his next film, the disturbing thriller Se7en. It was followed by The Game and the complex, daring, and controversial Fight Club, which is considered by some to be the defining work on the place of masculinity in the consumerist / information age. Even Fincher's more conventional work, Panic Room contains his distinctive dark photography with innovative uses of computer graphics.

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Alien³ - 1992 - Se7en - The Game - Fight Club - Panic Room - Computer graphics

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In 2005 he made a return to directing music videos with the Nine Inch Nails single "Only" .

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Fincher also reteamed with Brad Pitt to direct a Heineken ad that aired during 2005 Super Bowl.

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Brad Pitt - Heineken - Super Bowl

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Fincher's next two projects are going to be an (as yet untitled) biopic about the Zodiac Killer and Benjamin Button. They will be shot back-to-back, with Zodiac coming first. Zodiac will be based on two books by Robert Graysmith, and will star Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr and Gary Oldman. Benjamin Button will be a film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It will star Brad Pitt (a two-time collabrator with Fincher) and Cate Blanchett (the original cast of Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain). Major studios Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. signed Fincher for the job in July, 2005. This came after a long time of uncertainty regarding Fincher's future projects, as quite a few film projects attached to him

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Zodiac Killer - Robert Graysmith - Jake Gyllenhaal - Mark Ruffalo - Robert Downey Jr - Gary Oldman - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Brad Pitt - Cate Blanchett - Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain - Paramount Pictures - Warner Bros.

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were eventually dropped (including The Lookout http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/0811/fincherd.html, Rendezvous with Rama, Lords of Dogtown, and They Fought Alone http://www2.thezreview.co.uk/comingsoon/t/theyfoughtalone.htm).

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Rendezvous with Rama - Lords of Dogtown

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Fincher is also collaborating with Trent Reznor and Chuck Palahniuk in developing a musical based on the novel Fight Club.

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Trent Reznor - Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club

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