The Beat of the Live Drum

David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director who is known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac . 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. His most recent film is 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel of the same name. Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado, the son of Claire Mae , a mental health nurse who worked in drug addiction programs, and Howard Kelly Fincher, who worked as a bureau chief for Life under the name Jack Fincher. When Fincher was two years old, the family moved to San Anselmo in Marin County, California. 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.
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