David Fincher

David Fincher

Director (b. 1962)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for David Fincher (79.7%) is the average audience approval rating across 12 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of David's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

12
Movies
79.7%
Avg ThumbScore
Thriller
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Brad Pitt (3)Jared Leto (2)Holt McCallany (2)Andrew Kevin Walker (2)Tilda Swinton (2)

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 which won him the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction. He made his feature film debut with Alien 3 (1992), which garnered mixed reviews, followed by the thriller Seven (1995), which was better received.

Fincher found lukewarm success with The Game (1997) and Fight Club (1999), but the latter eventually became a cult classic. In 2002, he returned to prominence with the thriller Panic Room starring Jodie Foster. Fincher also directed Zodiac (2007), The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Mank (2020). For The Social Network, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and BAFTA Award for Best Direction. His biggest commercial successes are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Gone Girl (2014), both of which grossed more than $300 million worldwide, with the former earning thirteen nominations at the Academy Awards, and eleven at the British Academy Film Awards. He also served as an executive producer and director for the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–2018) and Mindhunter (2017–2019), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode of House of Cards. Fincher was the co-founder of Propaganda Films, a film, and music.

Born 1962-08-28 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

On ThumbScore, David Fincher appears in 12 films with an average audience score of 79.7%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Fight Club
Fight Club
1999
πŸ‘ 92%
Se7en
Se7en
1995
πŸ‘ 91%
The Social Network
The Social Network
2010
πŸ‘ 86%
Zodiac
Zodiac
2007
πŸ‘ 86%
The Game
The Game
1997
πŸ‘ 84%
AlienΒ³
AlienΒ³
1992
πŸ‘ 83%
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
2014
πŸ‘ 79%
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
πŸ‘ 79%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
πŸ‘ 78%
Panic Room
Panic Room
2002
πŸ‘ 74%
The Killer
The Killer
2023
πŸ‘ 71%
Mank
Mank
2020
πŸ‘ 53%
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