List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher

David Fincher awards and nominations

Fincher in 2010

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Award 0 3 BAFTA Awards 1 4 Golden Globe Awards 1 4 Grammy Awards 2 3 Emmy Awards 4 7

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]

Major associations

Academy Awards

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]

British Academy Awards

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]

Golden Globe Awards

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

Grammy Awards

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

Primetime Emmy Awards

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

Miscellaneous awards

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2007	Palme d'Or	Zodiac	Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

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]

Critics' Choice Awards

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

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

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

Directors Guild of America Awards

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]

Empire Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	Zodiac	Nominated
2011		The Social Network	Nominated

Hugo Award

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1992	Best Dramatic Presentation	Alien 3	Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle

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

MTV Video Music Awards

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

National Board of Review

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Won
2010		The Social Network	Won

New York Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Nominated
2010		The Social Network	Won

Online Film Critics Society Award

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

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network	Nominated
2014		Gone Girl	Nominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Episodic Drama	House of Cards	Nominated	[19]
2014			Nominated	[20]
2015			Nominated	[21]
2016			Nominated	[22]

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network	Nominated
2014		Gone Girl	Nominated	[23]

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Director	Gone Girl	Nominated	[24]
2021		Mank	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1992	Best Director	Alien 3	Nominated	[25]
1995		Seven	Nominated	[26]
2008		The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Nominated

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network	Won
2014		Gone Girl	Nominated	[27]

Toronto Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Director	Zodiac	Nominated
2010		The Social Network	Won

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Director	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Won
2010		The Social Network	Won
2020		Mank	Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	The Killer	Golden Lion	Nominated	[28]

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Director	The Social Network	Won
2014		Gone Girl	Nominated	[29]

Other awards

Year	Work	Award	Result
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	SFX Award for Best Director	Nominated
2010	The Social Network	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director	Won
		César Award for Best Foreign Film	Won
		David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film	Nominated
		Film Critics Circle of Australia for Best Foreign Film	Won
		Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director	Won
		Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Director	Won
		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director	Won
		Nastro d'Argento for Best Non-European Director	Nominated
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director	Won
		Robert Festival for Best American Film	Nominated
		Russian Guild of Film Critics for Best Foreign Film	Nominated
		San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director	Won
		Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Director	Won
2013	House of Cards	Peabody Award [30]	Won
2014	Gone Girl	Iowa Film Critics Association Award for Best Director	Runner-up
		Dorian Award for Film Director of the Year	Nominated

Summary

Awards and nominations received by Fincher's films

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

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26. 22nd Saturn Awards at IMDb.
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30. 73rd Annual Peabody Awards, May 2014.

External links

• List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher at IMDb
• List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher at AllMovie
• David Fincher at MVDbase.com
• David Fincher at Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher at Rotten Tomatoes