

I was eight years old and I saw a documentary on the making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Fincher was fascinated with filmmaking from the age of eight, when he began making films with an 8mm camera.

When he was two years old, the family moved to San Anselmo, California, where filmmaker George Lucas was one of his neighbors. His father, Howard Kelly "Jack" Fincher (Decem– April 10, 2003), was an author from Oklahoma who worked as a reporter and bureau chief for Life magazine. His mother, Claire Mae (née Boettcher), was a mental health nurse from South Dakota who worked in drug addiction programs. He also served as an executive producer and co-creator with Tim Miller for their work, Love, Death & Robots, garnered several Emmys including Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program three times.ĭavid Andrew Leo Fincher was born on August 28, 1962, in Denver, Colorado.
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In television series, he served as an executive producer and director for the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–18) and Mindhunter (2017–19), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode of House of Cards. He also directed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Gone Girl (2014). He received greater success and Academy Award for Best Director nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), and Mank (2020). He made his feature film debut with Alien 3 (1992), and gained acclaim with Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), and Zodiac (2007). He then directed numerous music videos, most notably Madonna's " Express Yourself" in 1989 and " Vogue" in 1990, both of which won him the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction. In 1986, Fincher co-founded Propaganda Films, a film and music video production company. His films, mostly psychological thrillers, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director.īorn in Denver, Colorado, Fincher was interested in filmmaking at an early age. If you want to make comics, write, draw, letter, and color comics, or improve as a comics creator, you’ll find like-minded friends and colleagues in our online workshops and courses.David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. Master Seminar With David Finch: Drawing Awesome Redux happens on Saturday, March 12, 2016!
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More course details and registration are available here.Ĭreators Workshop members may log in here for a special offer! This course will be held LIVE, online – and it will only happen once! Don’t miss your chance – sign up NOW for this unique opportunity. The result? An all-day experience that will leave you motivated, inspired, and armed with the tools that will have YOU “drawing awesome”! You’ll be able to interact with the hosts and discuss your questions directly. Andy will provide step-by-step structure to the day’s lessons, while David provides explanations and demonstrates techniques in real time. Seminar co-host Andy Schmidt is the CEO and founder of Comics Experience, and a veteran instructor himself. And newcomers will also be treated to a career’s worth of knowledge through David’s interactive approach, demonstrating and explaining how each technique affects the outcome on the page!įor David’s own take on what this course offers artists at every level, check out this interview with Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston.ĭavid Finch is the best-selling penciler of iconic titles such as The Avengers, Wonder Woman, The X-Men, and more. If you attended then, this year’s course will provide you with a brand-new learning experience. The March 12 seminar will introduce all-new content and features, built on the foundations of David’s original “Drawing Awesome” seminar in 2014. Attendees will be able to watch, listen and learn, while they interact directly with David!

This one-time-only, day-long course will lead attendees through real-time demonstrations of the techniques David uses to create the dynamic, hyper-real style his work is known for. On SATURDAY, MARCH 12, master comic book artist David Finch will lead a One-Day Master Seminar titled “ Drawing Awesome: Redux”!
