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'''David Fincher''' (born [[May 10]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[music video director|music video]] and [[film director]] known for his dark and stylish portraits of the human experience.

==Early Lifelife and Careercareer==

Born in [[Denver, Colorado]], Fincher was raised in [[Marin County]] [[California]]. He moved to [[Ashland]], [[Oregon]] in his teens where he graduated from high school.

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With his sights set on a directing career, he along with [[Steve Golin]], [[Sigurjón Sighvatson]] and [[Dominic Sena]] founded the talent management and advertising and video-production company ''[[Propaganda Films]]'' in 1986, which would soon become the biggest player in the field of advertising and music videos. Directors such as [[David Kellogg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Antoine Fuqua]], [[Neil LaBute]], [[Spike Jonze]], Andrew Douglas, Stephane Sednaoui, [[Mark Romanek]], Malcolm Venville, [[Michel Gondry]], [[Zack Snyder]], [[Gore Verbinski]], and [[Alex Proyas]] among others honed their talents at ''Propaganda'' before moving on to feature films. The company shut down in 2001 after key members left. The same year, Fincher, Golin, and Kellogg, among others, formed the talent management and advertising and music production company ''Anonymous Content''.

==Music Videosvideos==

Fincher directed big-budget [[music video]]s for artists such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] (including "Express Yourself" and "Vogue"), [[George Michael]], [[Aerosmith]], [[the Rolling Stones]] (including "Love Is Strong"), [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[the Wallflowers]] and [[A Perfect Circle]], as well as [[television commercial|commercial]]s. Like a number of other music video directors, he then moved into film.

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===''The Game''===

Next came the dark adventure film, ''[[The Game (film)|The Game]]'' (1997), a nightmarish, [[Twilight Zone]]-style thriller which projected the same sense of suffocating enclosure and mounting despair as had ''Se7en''. The film boasted almost as much feel-bad cynicism as ''Se7en'', but failed to get the warm reception enjoyed by its predecessor.

===''Fight Club''===

The relative disappointment of ''[[The Game (film)|The Game]]'', however, did little to dim the excitement that accompanied Fincher's next project, ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'', a screen adaptation of [[Chuck Palahniuk]]'s novel of the [[Fight Club|same name]]. Featuring a sterling cast that included [[Edward Norton]], [[Helena Bonham Carter]], and ''Se7en'' collaborator [[Brad Pitt]], the 1999 film was easily one of the most publicized of the year but was an early disappointment at the box-office and received with mixed reviews. Fueled in equal measure by stylistic audacity and the spirit of disenfranchised machismo, ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'' the film was panned by most critics (called ''Macho porn'' by [[Roger Ebert]]) and alienated audiences leading to its box office failure.

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In 2002 he followed up with the thriller ''[[Panic Room]]'', which introduced some innovative uses of [[computer graphics]]. While a stunning technical achievement with a good gross at the box office, the film was not as well recieved as ''Se7en'', ''Fight Club'' or ''The Game''.

==The Futurefuture==

===Zodiac===

''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' is an adaptation of Robert Graysmith's books about the hunt for [[Zodiac killer]], the film stars [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], [[Robert Downey Jr.]] and [[Mark Ruffalo]].

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===Torso===

Fincher is also attached to direct an adaptation of [[Brian Michael Bendis]]' [[graphic novel]] ''[[Torso (film)|Torso]]''.

==Filmography==

===Theatrical films===

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