David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American filmmaker and music video director known for his dark and stylish movies such as Alien 3, Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
David Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado to parents Howard and Claire Fincher. When Fincher was two years old, the family moved to San Anselmo in Marin County, California. Howard Finche...
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David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American filmmaker and music video director known for his dark and stylish movies such as Alien 3, Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
David Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado to parents Howard and Claire Fincher. When Fincher was two years old, the family moved to San Anselmo in Marin County, California. Howard Fincher worked as a bureau chief for Life under the name Jack Fincher, and Claire Fincher was a mental health nurse who worked in drug addiction programs. Fincher moved to Ashland, Oregon in his teens where he graduated from Ashland High School. Inspired by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Fincher began making movies at age eight with an 8 mm camera. Fincher eschewed the film school route, getting a job loading cameras and doing other hands-on work for John Korty's Korty Films. He was later hired by Industrial Light & Magic in 1980, where he...
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