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David Fincher Biography

Birth Name:David Andrew Leo Fincher

Birth Place:Denver, Colorado, United States

Profession Director, Producer, Visual effects, Actor, Writer, Special effects

Fast Facts

Won an EDA Award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists in 2010 for directing "The Social Network․"
Worked as a visual effects producer at Industrial Light & Magic in the 1980s
Started making films with an 8 mm camera at the age of eight
Originally worked as a music video director for various artists, including Madonna, Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones
In 1986, he helped found the production company Propaganda Films
Well known for his use of fluid tracking shots in his projects
Was the original director for "The Black Dahlia," but decided to drop out of the project
While growing up, he was a neighbor of filmmaker George Lucas

Awards

1993Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1993Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1995ACCA-Best Director: winner
1996Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1996Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
1996CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
1996International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: winner
1996Hochi Film Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1997Blue Ribbon Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1997Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1999ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2000OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2001Video Premiere Award-Best DVD Audio Commentary: nominated
2007Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2007Palme d'Or-: nominated
2007CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2007DFCC-Best Director: winner
2007Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2007ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
2007TFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2007VVFP Award-Best Film: nominated
2008ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2008Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
2008CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2008DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2008Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
2008Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2008HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2008INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2008IFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2008ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
2008NBR Award-Best Director: winner
2008NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2008OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2008OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2008SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2009Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
2009Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2009David Lean Award for Direction-Best Director: nominated
2009Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2009DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
2009Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2009Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2009INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2009ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
2009OFTA Film Award-Best Director: winner
2009OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2009VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2010ACCA-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
2010Davis Award-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
2010BSFC Award-Best Director: winner
2010Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2010CFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: winner
2010CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
2010CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
2010DFWFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2010DFCC-Best Director: nominated
2010FFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2010Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2010HFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2010IGN Award-Best Director: nominated
2010ICP Award-Best Director: winner
2010Sierra Award-Best Director: winner
2010LAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010NBR Award-Best Director: winner
2010NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2010NYFCO Award-Best Director: winner
2010OFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2010PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2010SFX Award-Best Director: nominated
2010SDFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2010SFFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2010Satellite Award-Best Director: winner
2010SEFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010SLFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010TFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010UFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2010VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
2010WAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2011ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2011Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
2011EDA Award-Best Director: winner
2011ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2011David Lean Award for Direction-Best Director: winner
2011Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
2011COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2011Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
2011Audience Award-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
2011CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2011Critics Choice Award-Best Director: winner
2011César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
2011Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): nominated
2011David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2011DFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2011DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
2011Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
2011FCCA Award-Best Foreign Film - English Language: winner
2011Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2011Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: nominated
2011Gold Derby Film Award-Director: winner
2011Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
2011Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2011Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
2011IGN Award-Best Movie Director: nominated
2011ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
2011INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2011IFC Award-Best Director: winner
2011Silver Ribbon-Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo): nominated
2011IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
2011IOMA-Best Picture (Miglior film): nominated
2011ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
2011NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
2011OFTA Film Award-Best Director: winner
2011OFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2011White Elephant-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2011Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2011SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2011VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2012COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2012DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
2012OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2013Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode of the Year: nominated
2013INOCA TV-Best Directing for a Drama Series: nominated
2013OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Drama Series: nominated
2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: winner
2014ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2014CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2014DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2014DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series: nominated
2014Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2014ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
2014PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
2014PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2014SDFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2014SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2014VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
2014WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2015CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
2015CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
2015CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
2015Cinema Bloggers Award-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
2015Cinema Bloggers Award-Best North American Film: nominated
2015Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2015CCOP-Best Director (Melhor Realizador): nominated
2015Dorian Award-Film Director of the Year: nominated
2015The Pearl-Best Feature Film: nominated
2015GAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2015Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2015Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2015INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2015IFC Award-Best Director: nominated
2015IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
2015NCFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2015OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2015Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
2015Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Director: nominated
2016Felix-Best Director: winner
2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2017PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2018INOCA TV-Best Directing for a Drama Series: nominated
2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Short Form Animated Program: winner
2020Gold Derby Film Award-Director of the Decade: nominated
2020ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
2020SFC Award-Best Director: nominated
2020VHS Award-Best Director: nominated
2021AACTA International Award-Best Direction: nominated
2021Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
2021Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
2021CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2021COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2021DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021Robert-Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film): nominated
2021DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2021DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
2021DFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2021GAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2021Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2021Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
2021HCA Award-Best Male Director: nominated
2021ICFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
2021MCFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021MCFCA Award-Best Film: nominated
2021NCFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021NDFS Award-Best Director: nominated
2021NTFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2021OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2021PCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Short Form Animated Program: winner
2021Fantastic Award (Prémios Fantastic)-Best International Film (Melhor Filme Internacional): nominated
2021Outstanding Director of the Year Award-: winner
2021Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
2021SDSA Award-Best Picture: winner
2021VFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2022Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Short Form Animated Program: winner
2023IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
2023Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
2025Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: nominated