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David Fincher mini-bio: David Fincher was born on August 28th of 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in Marin County, California. Reportedly it were Spielberg's "Jaws", Ridley Scotts "Alien" and a 'Making Of' featurette on "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" that made him want to become a filmmaker. Fincher earned his first hands-on experience working for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley, when he was only 18 years old. Since none other than George Lucas lived in Fincher's neighborhood, he went on to work for Lucas' visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), where he quickly assembled such namely titles as "Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi" (1983) and "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom" (1984) to this filmography. And to this day the experience of having worked behind the camera before taking the director's chair can be witnessed in Fincher's perfectionism and competence all across the board of filmmaking.David Fincher left ILM in 1984 to pursue his own career, directing music videos and tv-commercials. One of his earliest, if not even his very first work was the now infamous commercial "Smoking Fetus" for the American Cancer Society -- at only 22 years of age! Fincher was offered to direct Rick Springfield's concert film "Beat Of The Live Drum" and a few of his music videos, worked for The Motels and Sting and his career took off and reached an early climax towards the end of the 1980's, working for clients that included Nike, Coca-Cola, AT&T and pop-superstars Madonna, George Michael, Billy Idol, Foreigner and Michael Jackson.
| VITAL STATS | David Fincher Information:
| birth name"David Leo Fincher" | Eye color: | | Height:5' 11" (1.80 m) | | Nickname(s):aka"Dave Fincher" | | Notable feature(s): | | Education:Lived for several years in Ashland, Oregon and graduated from Ashland High School. | | Family: | | | Resides in: | Trademarks:[single frame insert]
His movies often features several single frames that flash on the screen in the middle of a scene, which is also demonstrated by the main characters of his film Fight Club (1999)
His films often end in asuicide, either attempted or successful.
His films often have low-key lighting, and also green or blue tinted color temperature.
Downbeat endings | Turned down offers:
Catch Me If You Can(2002),Batman Begins(2005).8MM(1999) | | Personal interests/hobbies: | | Charities/Causes: | Personal Quote: "Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two."
"As a director, film is about how you dole out the information so that the audience stays with you when they're supposed to stay with you, behind you when they're supposed to stay behind you, and ahead of you when they're supposed to stay ahead of you." |
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davereznorposted 833 days ago
