Fincher is an American filmaker renown for his stylishish thriller films some examples; Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), and Zodiac (2007). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Fincher was born in Dever on August 28th 1962 and lived with his mother Claire and father David. In his early life he began showing intrest in filmmaking, at eight making movies with h9s 8mm camera. In his teens he gratuated from Ashland high to then go on to getting a job loading cameras and doing other hands-on work for John Korty’s Korty Films, abandoninf the film school route.
In 1980 he was hired by Industrial light and magic and assisted on productions such as Twice Upon a Time, Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Fincher left ILM in 1984 to direct a commercial for the American Cancer Society, that would show a fetus smoking a cigarette. This quickly brought Fincher to the attention of producers in Los Angeles and he was given the chance to direct the documentary The Beat of the Live Drum featuring Rick Springfield in 1985. Though he would continue to direct spots for companies like Revlon, Converse, Nike, Pepsi, Sony, and Levi's, Fincher soon discovered music videos and went on to direct many promos.
His directing career started of with Propaganda Films and kicked off by making music videos (including big budget music videos for artists such as Madonna) which prmoted to him directing feature films.
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