David Fincher
Awards & Honours
48
Awards Won
5
Honours
4
Rankings
5
Covers
2
Records
David Fincher stands as one of the most celebrated directors of his generation, with a trophy case that spans film, television, and music. His Golden Globe and BAFTA for The Social Network reflect the critical consensus around that film as a defining portrait of the digital age. His four Primetime Emmys, one for directing the House of Cards pilot and three for producing Love, Death & Robots, showcase his influence across media. The two Grammys for music videos, for the Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake, underline his early mastery of the form. Though he has yet to win an Oscar, three nominations for Best Director place him in elite company. His films Zodiac and The Social Network both ranked among the BBC's 100 greatest films of the 21st century, and Fight Club continues to be studied and debated as a cultural landmark.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
AFI Movies of the Year
The Social Network named one of AFI's Movies of the Year.
Best Director
Won Best Director for The Social Network.
Best Director
Won Best Director for The Social Network.
Best Director
Won Best Director for The Social Network.
Best Director
Won Best Director for The Social Network.
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
500 Greatest Movies of All Time
100 Best Movies of the 2010s
Magazine Covers
Time Magazine
February 2011
The Social Network: How Facebook Changed the World
Rolling Stone
October 1999
Fight Club: The Movie That Will Make You Question Everything
Variety
November 2020
David Fincher on Mank and His Netflix Deal
The Hollywood Reporter
December 2014
David Fincher: The Director Who Doesn't Sleep
Entertainment Weekly
September 2014
Gone Girl: The Darkest Movie of the Year
Records & Feats
Most Emmy wins for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program (3)
Fincher's Love, Death & Robots won the Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program three years in a row (2019, 2020, 2021), the most for any series in that category.
First director to win Primetime Emmy for directing a streaming series pilot
Fincher won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot of House of Cards (2013), the first streaming series to win a major Emmy.