David Fincher

Person · Open Library

Works

5

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Film & TV

Directing · Denver, Colorado, USA

David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. His films, mostly thrillers, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director. Born in Denver, Colorado, Fincher was interested in filmmaking at an early age. He directed numerous music videos, most notably Madonna's "Express Yourself" in 1989 and "Vogue" in 1990, both of…

Known for

• This Is the Zodiac Speaking — Self (archive footage)2024
• The Super Models — Self2023
• The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank — Self2021
• Directors on Directors — Self2021
• Hitchcock/Truffaut — Self2015
• Side by Side — Self2012
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women — Self2012
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger — Self2012
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: On Location - Sweden and Hollywood2012
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Post-Production2012

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1962

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

8,148

Total plays

20,350

David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film and music video director who is known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Alien 3 (1992), Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), and Zodiac (2007). Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and his 2010 film The Social Network, which also won him the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Director. <a href="https://www.las

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 85,040x

2. Basic local alignment search tool

   · 1990 · cited 80,841x

3. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

   · 1986 · cited 63,635x

4. Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error

   · 1981 · cited 63,464x

5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

   · 2009 · cited 58,742x

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Quotes

• “A stylized version of our IKEA present. It is talking about very simple concepts. We're designed to be hunters and we're in a society of shopping. There's nothing to kill anymore, there's nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created.”
• “The movie is not that violent. There are ideas in the movie that are scary, but the film isn't about violence, the glorification of violence or the embracing of violence. In the movie, violence is a metaphor for feeling. It's a film about the problems or requirements involved with being masculine in today's society.”
• “Violence shouldn't be presented as drama. I think people looking for an easy way out often write scenes where characters come into violent conflict as opposed to looking for the true drama in the situation. That's a shortcoming of a lot of films and television shows. I think certain presentations of violence are not immoral, but amoral.”
• “I find it amoral if you're making a movie where the problem is solved with a guy standing in the back of pickup truck firing a machine at the bad guys. The morality of it is questionable because the repercussions of violence are incredibly far-reaching.”
• “I do like movies that take a toll on the audience. I want to work the subconscious. I want to involve you in ways in which you might not necessarily want to get involved. I want to play off those things that you're expecting to get when the lights go down and the 20th Century Fox logo comes up. There's an audience expectation and I'm interested in how movies play with--and off--that expectation. That's what I'm interested in.”
• “I always feel ill-prepared for commentaries and it had been so long I was afraid I'd forget everything that happened on the film. But having everybody come together for it was really great. It was like a high school reunion. We all reminisced and just had a great time.”

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