Diplomacy Journal
List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher
2026-11-15 03:27:20 · The Daily Ledger
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.

Directed Academy Award performances
Fincher has directed multiple Oscar-nominated performances.

Major associations
Academy Awards
British Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Grammy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Miscellaneous awards
Cannes Film Festival
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Critics' Choice Awards
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Directors Guild of America Awards
Empire Awards
Hugo Award
London Film Critics' Circle
MTV Video Music Awards
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle
Online Film Critics Society Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award
Producers Guild of America Awards
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Satellite Awards
Saturn Awards
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
Toronto Film Critics Association
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Venice Film Festival
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
Other awards
Summary
Directed Academy Award performances
References
External links
David Fincher at MVDbase.com
David Fincher at Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
Fincher, David