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David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film and music video director who is known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), and Zodiac (2007). Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and his 2010 film The Social Network, which also won him the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Director. His most recent film is 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel of the same name.
Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado, the son of Claire Mae (née Boettcher), a mental health nurse who worked in drug addiction programs, and Howard Kelly Fincher, who worked as a bureau chief for Life under the name Jack Fincher. When Fincher was two years old, the family moved to San Anselmo in Marin County, California. Fincher moved to Ashland, Oregon in his teens, where he graduated from Ashland High School. Inspired by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Fincher began making movies at age eight with an 8 mm camera. Fincher eschewed the film school route, getting a job loading cameras and doing other hands-on work for John Korty’s Korty Films. He was later hired by Industrial Light & Magic in 1983, where he worked on productions for Twice Upon a Time, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1984, he left ILM to direct a commercial for the American Cancer Society, that would show a fetus smoking a cigarette. This quickly brought Fincher to the attention of producers in Los Angeles and he was given the chance to direct the documentary The Beat of the Live Drum featuring Rick Springfield in 1985. Though he would continue to direct spots for companies like Revlon, Converse, Nike, Pepsi, Sony, and Levi's, Fincher soon discovered music videos and went on to direct many promos.
Actors: Paul Hillier (miscellaneous crew), Anton Lesser (actor), Greg Bennett (actor), Sylvie Testud (actress), Pip Torrens (actor), Eileen Atkins (actress), Adrian Johnston (composer), Hakan Kousetta (miscellaneous crew), Julian Wadham (actor), Jodhi May (actress), Richard Ridings (actor), Matthew Rhys (actor), Matthew Rhys (actor), Simon Neville (miscellaneous crew), Daphne Du Maurier (writer),
Plot: In 1952 schoolmaster John Standing meets the aristocratic Johnny Spence, his exact double. After a night of drinking John wakes with a hang-over to find that Spence has disappeared, leaving him to substitute for him. John finds he has 'inherited' a country house with a bed-ridden, drug-addicted mother, put-upon wife Frances, scornful sister Blanche, little daughter Mary Lou and two mistresses, one married to his brother Paul. After unsuccessfully trying to explain the situation and make his escape John settles into his new identity, surprising himself with his capability as he helps his mother off the drugs, turns round the family's ailing glass-making business and gives much-needed affection to Frances, an heiress, whose death would make her widower extremely rich. Then Johnny Spence reappears and it becomes clear why he has used John as a scapegoat, to provide an alibi for a crime he intends to commit. This leads to a showdown between the two doubles, from which only one can remain triumphant.
Keywords: 1950s, assumed-identity, based-on-novel, british, broken-plate, chauffeur, contract, coronation, country-house, doppelgangerActors: Michael Kallio (producer), Michael Kallio (editor), Michael Kallio (actor), Michael Kallio (director), Michael Kallio (writer), David Borowicz (actor), Pete LaDuke (actor), Katherine F. Kallio (producer), Mike Deeney (actor), Scott Screws (actor), William P. O'Reilly (producer), Michelle Moore (actress), Haf-Life (composer), Carol Ann Dunning (actress),
Plot: The murder of a prostitute is blamed on, Benji, a burned out drug dealer, trying to go straight. He must find the real killer and free his name before time runs out and his boss discovers his little secret. The major problem Benji has is he has no memory of the previous day's events.
Keywords: hallucination, independent-filmActors: Golan Ramras (producer), Golan Ramras (writer), Golan Ramras (actor), Chris LaMont (director), Chris LaMont (actor), Chris LaMont (writer), Lex Medlin (actor), John Scott Mills (actor), Joey Michitsch (actor), Gregory Hall (producer), Gregory Hall (actor), Jonathan Simpson (actor), Alison Ganssle (actress), Colleen O'Donnell (costume designer), Adriane Blanco (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,