David Finch (director)
David Finch is a Canadian filmmaker best known for co-directing (and featuring in) a feature-length documentary about polyamory entitled When Two Won't Do (2001), and has made a series of films with Maureen Marovitch documenting the lives of seven Montreal street kids that the filmmakers have followed for more than a decade, using mini video camera formats, starting with Longshots (1994). Backroads (1996) is a film about two young siblings hitchhiking across Canada to find their mother.
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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, Heineken, 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).
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August 28, 1962 |
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Denver, Colarado |
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