David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American filmmaker, a director and producer who started his career as a production assistant at Korty Films, working under John Korty, a film director and animator, best known for his television and documentary work. David Fincher’s love for film started at an early age, when, like Steven Spielberg, he made home movies with an 8 mm camera. At Korty Films, David Fincher quickly moved up the production department’s ladder, eventually becoming a visual effects producer, which likely prompted the next whimsical move in what would become a long and illustrious career in filmmaking. After leaving Korty Films, David Fincher was given the incredible opportunity to work with the legendary filmmaker George Lucas (Star …show more content…
Later, Fincher joined Propaganda Films and began to direct music videos and commercials. Propaganda Films was also a starting point for directors such as Michael Bay, Spike Jonze, Gore Verbinski, Alex Proyas, and Zach
Snyder. In 1984, Fincher left Industrial Light & Magic and directed a television commercial with historic significance in American advertising, a television spot for the American Cancer
Society that showcased a fetus in the womb of its mother. The fetus was smoking a cigarette, which was both visually arresting and alarming. It was this particular commercial this author feels was the jumping off point for the unique visual style Fincher would develop, a style that would lead further into commercial work, music video production, television, and feature film excellence. David Fincher is one of the most visually and stylistic filmmakers working in the entertainment industry, a filmmaker with a tremendous history, and perhaps, an even greater future, as he will continue to create works of art that are commercially and