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Full name: David Andrew Leo Fincher Born: August 28, 1962 (age 53) Denver, Colorado, U.S. Occupation: Film director, film producer, television

director, television producer, music video director Years active: 1984–present Notable Work: "Dance This World Away", Rick

Springfield (1984), "Suit & Tie", Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z (2013), "Vogue", Madonna (1990), "Roll With It", Steve Winwood (1988)

Music Videos - Immediately after his graduation from high school, 17-year-old Jonze moved to Los Angeles and began working as an editorial assistant at Freestylin', a biker magazine.

In 1991, he helped found Dirt, a short-lived spin-off of the popular teen magazine Sassy, aimed at teenage male readers.

His first music-video gig came in 1992, when he was hired to shoot video footage of skateboarding for Sonic Youth's "100%.

Throughout the 1990s, Jonze directed music videos for many other prominent artists—including R.E.M., the Breeders, Puff Daddy, the Chemical Brothers and Björk

He also made a number of memorable television commercials for companies like Nike, Sprite, Nissan and Coca-Cola

FINCHER’S TRADEMARKS Black and White colouring Silhouette (low-key) lighting used often Close up shots are used to portray star image, if there is

a close up it shows that the person in the picture is important and that is what producers want for their star.

Fincher likes to work with similar artists such as Aerosmith and Billy Idol, but unlike Spike Jonze he does not have a trademark in terms of creativity

Although he does have certain traits such as; High/Low angle shots are always used Most videos have close ups when portraying star image Fincher likes to use single frame insert and flashback style

colouring shots