David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood. He went on to found Propaganda in 1987 with fellow directors Dominic Sena, Greg Gold and Nigel Dick. Fincher has directed TV commercials for clients that include Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heinekin, Pepsi, Levi's, Converse, AT&T and Chanel. He has directed music videos for Madonna, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, George Michael, Iggy Pop, The Wallflowers, Billy Idol, Steve Winwood, The Motels and, most recently, A Perfect Circle.As a film director, he has achieved huge success with Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999) and, Panic Room (2002).

1. Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (2011) - Himself 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fata cu un dragon tatuat) (2011) - Regizor 3. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010) - Himself (segment "Where People and Ideas Begin") 4. The Social Network (2010) - Regizor

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5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Regizor

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6. Zodiac (2007) - Regizor

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7. Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004) - Himself 8. Murder by Numbers (2004) - Himself 9. The Making of 'Panic Room' (2002) - Himself 10. Ticker (2002) - (concept) 11. Panic Room (2002) - Regizor 12. Fight Club (1999) - Regizor 13. Being John Malkovich (1999) - Christopher Bing (uncredited) 14. The Game (1997) - Regizor 15. Se7en (1995) - Regizor 16. Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) - (video "Who Is It") 17. Alien³ (1992) - Regizor

1. Lived for several years in Ashland, Oregon and graduated from Ashland High School.

2. His video for Madonna's "Express Yourself" voted #1 in Slant Magazines Top 100 Videos. 2 of his other Madonna videos also made the list. "Vogue" at #4 & "Oh, Father" at #11. (19th January 2003)

3. Has been close friends with Brad Pitt ever since working together on Se7en (1995).

4. Was originally set to direct The Black Dahlia (2006), but dropped out.

5. Was originally set to direct Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991), but dropped out.

6. Was originally set to direct Mission: Impossible III (2006), but dropped out.

7. Was originally considered to direct Spider-Man (2002).

8. Was originally considered to direct Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002).

9. Turned down the offer to direct Catch Me If You Can (2002), opting to do Panic Room (2002) instead.

10. Turned down the offer to direct Batman Begins (2005).

11. Turned down the offer to direct 8MM (1999), opting to do Fight Club (1999) instead.

12. A founder member of Propaganda Films in 1986.

13. Daughter, Phelix Imogen Fincher (b. 25 April 1994), with Donya Fiorentino.

14. While growing up in Marin County, one of his neighbors was George Lucas. He later worked on the special effects crew of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), produced and written by Lucas.

15. He works frequently with screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker.

16. It was the 1969 feature film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) that inspired him to pursue a career in cinema.

17. In 2005, he directed the video for Nine Inch Nails' "Only". Ten years earlier, he used Coil's version of the Nine Inch Nails' song "Closer" during the opening credits montage of his film Se7en (1995).

18. Met his partner, Ceán Chaffin, in the early '90s when she produced a Japanese Coca-Cola ad he was directing.

19. Was originally considered to direct Hannibal (2001).

20. Good friends with Madonna.

21. At the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, three out of four nominees for Best Direction in a Video - "The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley, "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith, and "Vogue" by Madonna - were directed by him ("Vogue" won.).

22. His favourite films include: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Rear Window (1954), Being There (1979), Jaws (1975), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), 8½ (1963), Alien (1979), American Graffiti (1973), Citizen Kane (1941), Cabaret (1972) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).

23. Directed 3 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Brad Pitt, Taraji P. Henson, and Jesse Eisenberg.