David Fincher is a famous film maker and music video director in Hollywood. He is known for his stylish and technically brilliant film making. His note worthy works include Seven, Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Social Network, etc.
He made his directorial debut with Alien 3 which was a disaster both critically and commercially due to its troubled production. Not many producers were ready to work with him after this not-so-impressive start. He had to prove his directorial prowess and he did it with the small budget movie Seven. This movie revolves around two detectives in the hunt for a killer who kills people according to the seven deadly sins. This movie was a huge success and became one of the greatest movies ever.
His next movie ' Fight Club ' revolved around a man suffering from depression and insomnia and how he starts an underground fight club to tackle this dilemma. Even though the movie didn't perform well in its theatrical run, it was widely accepted on home video and turned out to be the top rated David Fincher movie.
He changed the track from thrillers to drama with films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network. The first one was based on a man who aged backwards and the second was based on the life of facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. He again came back to the thriller genre with Zodiac which was a classic whodunnit based on the famous zodiac killer.
His hitchcockian style film Gone Girl about the mystery revolving around the disapperance of a woman was critically and commercially a success. His other successful works were The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Game.
David Fincher started as an assistant cameraman with director George Lucas. He then went onto become a music video director and ad director. He had directed many famous music videos in the 1980s.
David Fincher is a technically brilliant director. He expertise in capturing breath taking shots, using the perfect lighting and bringing out the best from the actors is unparallel. He is known for taking many retakes to enhance an actor's performance even for a small scene or just even a single shot.
He never compromises his film making and is one of those directors who puts themselves into their movies. His movies have a huge fanbase for their technical flair and the dark, gory atmosphere.
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