An intelligent director, Fincher cut his teeth on television commercials and music videos before making his feature debut in 1992 with Alien 3, a forgettable and regrettable installment in that particular sci-fi franchise. It was all uphill from there. Fincher's next five films arguably are modern classics, each impressively different from its immediate predecessor. Gen X fanboys idolize him for the basement-dwelling aggressions of Fight Club. The director brought flash—and a needed backbone—to pulp thrillers like The Game and Panic Room. And cineastes found plenty to appreciate in the meticulous musings of Fincher's cold-case police procedural, Zodiac.
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