David Fincher learnt about the art of film making whilst working at Industrial Light And Magic during the early 1980's. he then created his own company, Propaganda Films making advents and pop videos. His first feature film as a director was Alien 3. This had a big budget for a first film. He found it a difficult film to make and avoided making another film until Se7en. A dark film about hunting a serial killer. The Game in another dark thriller with a complex plot. Panic room is a more conventional thriller and it set in amore claustraphoic setting comed with his earlier films. Zodiac is based on a real life serial killer who was never caught.
The Curious Case Of Banjamin Button is a differnt type of story of man born old and gets younger with time. It did involve a lot effects to reverse age Brad Pitt through the film. It was a commercial success for him. The Social Network was about the start of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. He then remade The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo. Gone Girl was an adaptation of a poular novel and after she goes missing the truth of their marriage is revealed. Mank is a biopic the screen writer Herman J Mankiewicz who wrote Citizen Kane.
David Fincher's films rarely have happy endings and he was also known for filming a large number of takes for each scene.
