David Fincher filmography

David Fincher is an American film director who has worked on feature films, television series, and music videos. His works have been nominated for Academy Award, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Grammys and Emmy Awards, among other accolades. He received Academy Award for Best Director nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), and Mank (2020).

Fincher at the premiere for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2012

He made his directorial debut in 1992 with the science-fiction horror film Alien 3. Since then, he has gone on to direct several films in the thriller genre, including Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014) and The Killer (2023). He has also produced three television series for Netflix: House of Cards (2013–2018), Mindhunter (2017–2019), and Love, Death and Robots (2019).

Outside of feature films, Fincher has directed music videos for artists including The Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z—for which he won two Grammy Awards for Best Music Video—Nine Inch Nails, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rick Springfield, among others.

Fincher also made a cameo in the 2009 French animated short film Logorama.

Film

Director

• Alien 3 (1992)
• Se7en (1995)
• The Game (1997)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Zodiac (2007)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• The Social Network (2010)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Mank (2020)
• The Killer (2023)

Executive producer

• Lords of Dogtown (2005)
• Love and Other Disasters (2006)
• The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

Interviewee

• Murder by Numbers (2004)
• Side by Side (2012)
• Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

Cameo roles

Year	Title	Role
1999	Being John Malkovich	Christopher Bing
2002	Full Frontal	Film Director
2009	Logorama	Original Pringles Mascot (Voice)

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
1983	Return of the Jedi	Assistant cameraman
	Twice Upon a Time	Special photographic effects
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Matte photography
	The NeverEnding Story	Matte photography assistant

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2013–2018	House of Cards	Yes	Yes	Directed 2 episodes
2017–2019	Mindhunter	Yes	Yes	Directed 7 episodes
2019–present	Love, Death & Robots	Yes	Yes	Directed episode "Bad Travelling"
2021	Voir	No	Yes

Music video

Year	Title	Artist
1984	"Bop Til You Drop"	Rick Springfield
1985	"Celebrate Youth"
	"Shame"	The Motels
	"Shock"
	"Dance This World Away"	Rick Springfield
1986	"All the Love"	The Outfield
	"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"	Jermaine Stewart
	"Everytime You Cry"	The Outfield
	"One Simple Thing"	Stabilizers
	"Stay"	Howard Hewett
1987	"She Comes On"	Wire Train
	"Endless Nights"	Eddie Money
	"Downtown Train"	Patty Smyth
	"I Don't Mind at All"	Bourgeois Tagg
	"Notorious"	Loverboy
	"Love Will Rise Again"
	"Johnny B"	The Hooters[1]
	"Storybook Love" (from The Princess Bride)	Willy DeVille and Mark Knopfler
	"Can I Hold You"	Colin Hay
	"No Surrender"	The Outfield
	"Say You Will"	Foreigner
	"Don't Tell Me the Time"	Martha Davis
1988	"Tell It to the Moon"
	"Heart of Gold"	Johnny Hates Jazz
	"Englishman in New York"	Sting[1]
	"Shattered Dreams" (second version)	Johnny Hates Jazz
	"Get Rhythm"	Ry Cooder
	"Most of All"	Jody Watley
	"Roll with It"	Steve Winwood
	"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (version 1988)	Paula Abdul
	"Holding On"	Steve Winwood
1989	"Bamboléo"	Gipsy Kings
	"Straight Up"	Paula Abdul
	"Real Love"	Jody Watley
	"She's a Mystery to Me"	Roy Orbison
	"Forever Your Girl"	Paula Abdul
	"Express Yourself"	Madonna[2]
	"The End of the Innocence"	Don Henley
	"Cold Hearted"	Paula Abdul
	"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (version 1989)
	"Oh Father"	Madonna
	"Janie's Got a Gun"	Aerosmith
1990	"Heart"	Neneh Cherry
	"Vogue"	Madonna
	"Cradle of Love"	Billy Idol
	"Home"	Iggy Pop
	"L.A. Woman"	Billy Idol[3]
	"Should She Cry"	Wire Train
	"Freedom! '90"	George Michael
1992	"Who Is It"	Michael Jackson[4][5]
1993	"Bad Girl"	Madonna
1994	"Love Is Strong"	The Rolling Stones
1996	"6th Avenue Heartache"	The Wallflowers
2000	"Judith"	A Perfect Circle[2]
2005	"Only"	Nine Inch Nails[6]
2013	"Suit & Tie"	Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z[7]

Frequent collaborators

Collaborator	Role	Alien 3	Seven	The Game	Fight Club	Panic Room	Zodiac	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	The Social Network	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Gone Girl	Mank	The Killer	Total
Kirk Baxter	Editor							Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Ceán Chaffin	Producer			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Jeff Cronenweth	Cinematographer				Y				Y	Y	Y			4
Donald Graham Burt	Production designer						Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
James Haygood	Editor			Y	Y	Y								3
Laray Mayfield	Casting director				Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Ren Klyce	Sound designer		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Brad Pitt	Actor		Y		Y			Y						3
Trent Reznor	Composer								Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Atticus Ross	Composer								Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Howard Shore	Composer		Y	Y		Y								3
Bob Wagner	Assistant director				Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y				6
Angus Wall	Editor					Y	Y	Y	Y	Y				5

Reception

Critical reception

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
Alien 3	48% (63 reviews)[8]	59 (20 reviews)[9]
Seven	82% (80 reviews)[10]	65 (22 reviews)[11]
The Game	75% (61 reviews)[12]	61 (19 reviews)[13]
Fight Club	79% (178 reviews)[14]	66 (35 reviews)[15]
Panic Room	75% (187 reviews)[16]	65 (36 reviews)[17]
Zodiac	89% (257 reviews)[18]	78 (40 reviews)[19]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	71% (258 reviews)[20]	70 (37 reviews)[21]
The Social Network	96% (327 reviews)[22]	95 (42 reviews)[23]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	87% (253 reviews)[24]	71 (41 reviews)[25]
Gone Girl	87% (364 reviews)[26]	79 (49 reviews)[27]
Mank	83% (351 reviews)[28]	79 (50 reviews)[29]
The Killer	85% (282 reviews)[30]	73 (58 reviews)[31]

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office gross			Budget
		North America	Other territories	Worldwide
Alien 3	May 22, 1992 (1992-05-22)	$55,473,545	$104,340,953	$159,814,498	$50 million[32]
Seven	September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22)	$100,125,643	$227,186,216	$327,311,859	$33 million[33]
The Game	September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12)	$48,323,648	$61,100,000	$109,423,648	$50 million[34]
Fight Club	October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15)	$37,030,102	$63,823,651	$100,853,753	$63 million[35]
Panic Room	March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29)	$96,397,334	$100,000,081	$196,397,415	$48 million[36]
Zodiac	March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02)	$33,080,084	$51,705,830	$84,785,914	$65 million[37]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	December 25, 2008 (2008-12-25)	$127,509,326	$206,422,757	$333,932,083	$150 million[38]
The Social Network	October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01)	$96,962,694	$127,957,621	$224,920,315	$40 million[39]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	December 20, 2011 (2011-12-20)	$102,068,888	$130,101,637	$232,617,430	$90 million[40]
Gone Girl	October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)	$167,238,510	$199,700,000	$366,938,510	$61 million[41]
Mank	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)	N/D	$74,751	$99,752	$25 million[42]
The Killer	October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27)	N/D	N/D	$452,208	$10 million[43]
Total		$858,764,264	$1,246,113,227	$2,137,010,115	$685 million

See also

• David Fincher's unrealized projects

References

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External links

• David Fincher filmography at IMDb