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American director David Fincher has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Director: for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), and Mank (2020). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Social Network.
He is also known for having directed the psychological thrillers Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), and Gone Girl (2014) and the mystery thrillers Zodiac (2007) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), as well as being instrumental in the creation of the U.S. television series House of Cards .
His films Zodiac and The Social Network are ranked in BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. [1]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | [2] |
2011 | The Social Network | Nominated | [3] | |
2021 | Mank | Nominated | [4] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Best Direction | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | |
2011 | The Social Network | Won | [5] | |
2014 | Best International Programme | House of Cards | Nominated | [6] |
2015 | Nominated | [7] | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | [8] |
2011 | The Social Network | Won | [9] | |
2015 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [10] | |
2021 | Mank | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Best Music Video | "Oh Father", Madonna | Nominated | [11] |
1995 | "Love Is Strong", The Rolling Stones | Won | ||
2014 | "Suit & Tie", Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | House of Cards | Won | [12] |
Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated | |||
2014 | Nominated | |||
2015 | Nominated | [13] | ||
2016 | Nominated | [14] | ||
2017 | Nominated | |||
2019 | Outstanding Short Form Animated Program | Love, Death & Robots | Won | |
2021 | Won | |||
2022 | Won |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Palme d'Or | Zodiac | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Best Director | Zodiac | Nominated | |
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | ||
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
2014 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [15] | |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | |
2011 | The Social Network | Won | ||
2015 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [16] | |
2021 | Mank | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | |
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
2014 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [17] | |
2020 | Mank | Nominated |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | [18] |
2011 | The Social Network | Nominated | [18] | |
2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Nominated | [18] | |
2013 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | House of Cards | Nominated | [18] |
2021 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Mank | Nominated | [18] |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Best Director | Zodiac | Nominated | |
2011 | The Social Network | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Alien 3 | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Best Director | Zodiac | Nominated | |
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Won | ||
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
2020 | Mank | Nominated |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Best Direction in a Video | "Express Yourself" (by Madonna) | Won | |
"Real Love" (by Jody Watley) | Nominated | |||
"Roll with It" (by Steve Winwood) | Nominated | |||
1990 | "Vogue" (by Madonna) | Won | ||
"The End of the Innocence" (by Don Henley) | Nominated | |||
"Janie's Got a Gun" (by Aerosmith) | Nominated | |||
1991 | "Freedom! '90" (by George Michael) | Nominated | ||
2013 | "Suit & Tie" (by Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z) | Won | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Won | |
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | |
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Best Director | Fight Club | Nominated | |
2007 | Zodiac | Nominated | ||
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | ||
2010 | The Social Network | Won |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Best Director | The Social Network | Nominated | |
2014 | Gone Girl | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Best Episodic Drama | House of Cards | Nominated | [19] |
2014 | Nominated | [20] | ||
2015 | Nominated | [21] | ||
2016 | Nominated | [22] | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Best Director | The Social Network | Nominated | |
2014 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [23] | |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Best Director | Gone Girl | Nominated | [24] |
2021 | Mank | Nominated |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Best Director | Alien 3 | Nominated | [25] |
1995 | Seven | Nominated | [26] | |
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Best Director | The Social Network | Won | |
2014 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [27] | |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Best Director | Zodiac | Nominated | |
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Best Director | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Won | |
2010 | The Social Network | Won | ||
2020 | Mank | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | The Killer | Golden Lion | Nominated | [28] |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Best Director | The Social Network | Won | |
2014 | Gone Girl | Nominated | [29] | |
Year | Title | Academy Awards | BAFTA Awards | Golden Globe Awards | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | ||
1992 | Alien 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1995 | Seven | 1 | 1 | ||||
1999 | Fight Club | 1 | |||||
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | |
2010 | The Social Network | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2014 | Gone Girl | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
2020 | Mank | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
Total | 40 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 23 | 4 |
Directed Academy Award performances
Year | Performer | Film | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Academy Award for Best Actor | |||
2008 | Brad Pitt | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated |
2010 | Jesse Eisenberg | The Social Network | Nominated |
2020 | Gary Oldman | Mank | Nominated |
Academy Award for Best Actress | |||
2011 | Rooney Mara | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Nominated |
2014 | Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Nominated |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |||
2008 | Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated |
2020 | Amanda Seyfried | Mank | Nominated |