David Fincher
An American director, born in Denver. Started working in the film industry when he was just 18 years old. On his path to fame he directed TV commercials and music videos, and with this he was quite successful directing for Nike, Coca Cola and big brands alike. His starter career also involved directing music videos for Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Films he's Directed include
- Gone Girl (2014) - cost $61 mill. to produce - BO: $369.3 mill
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - cost $100 mill. to produce - BO: $235.6 million
- Social Network (2010) - cost $50 million - BO: $224.9 million
- Seven (1995) - cost $30 million - BO: $327,3 million
- Fight Club (1999) - $63 million - BO: $100.9 million
incher mainly directs thriller genre films, specifically psychological thrillers such as Gone Girl and Fight Club.
Trademarks:
- Fincher has been know for his singe frame insert
- He has a unique visual style where dark lighting is combined with a colour overlay filter and crisp cinematography. Most importantly the colour pallet of his films are all very similar. this is usually black with other colours of gold and blue, the colours usually have some sort of symbolism related to the topic of the film.
- Fincher likes to cover the faces of his characters in shadows so that we don’t know who they are. This technique allows him to show action that is necessary to move the story forward without giving anything away too soon to the audience.
