Research on Directors

David Fincher

• His full name is, David Andrew Leo Fincher.
• He was born on the 28th August 1962.
• He is well known for his dark stylish movies, which include; Alien 3, Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
• He has also music videos and commercials.
• He first started to make movies at the age of 8 years old.
• He went to film school and had jobs such as; loading cameras and doing other hands-on work at Korty Films.
• In 1980 he was hired at Industrial Light & Magic, where he tried to promote; Twice Upon A Time, Return of The Jedi and Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom.
• He was brought to attention by producers om Los Angeles.
• He worked with artists such as; Madonna, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Nine Inch Nails and Michael Jackson to direct their music videos.
• He also helped direct commercials for; Nike, Levi's and Apple.

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan

• He was born on the 6th August 1970.
• He is known as M. Night Shyamalan.
• He usually creates films that include twists and unexpected turns.
• When he went to New York University, he began work on his first film which was Praying The Anger (1992).
• One of his most well known films is called The Sixth Sense, which was released in 2000.
• His most recent film is The Happening which was released in 2008.
• When he was 17 he had made about 45 home movies and was a big fan of Steven Spielberg.
• Sixth Sense, had a $40million bidget and $600million at the box office worldwide.