David Fincher

David Fincher

David Fincher is an american based director and producer who has won many wards for producing and directing both music videos and films. His early career was mainly working and directing music videos from there he then went on to produce and direct many award winning films such as Gone Girl (2014), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and The Social Network (2010). 

However earlier in his career and also recently Fincher has directed successful music videos, Fincher has won two Grammy Awards for Best Music Video, for his work in "Love Is Strong" by The Rolling Stones (1995) and "Suit & Tie" by Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z (2013), he has also won 3 MTV awards for best director. His video for Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" won Henley the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1990. He also earned back-to-back MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction in 1989 for "Express Yourself" and in 1990 for "Vogue". In 1990, he earned three of the four available nominations in the Best Direction category. 

From this you can see that David is a successful director in both film and music videos. However it can be said that he has only gained the chance of being a big time film director and producer is through the music videos of which he directed.