Yesterday I brought you the music videos of David Fincher and today I bring you his commercials. With a strong visual eye and an occasionally dark, yet playful, sense of humor, Fincher has directed commercials for companies such as Nike, Budweiser, Heineken, Coca-Cola, Apple, Motorola, Adidas, Colt 45, Levi’s, AT&T and HP and in those commercials he’s featured stars such as Brad Pitt, a very young Angelina Jolie, the late Dennis Hopper, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Claire Forlani, Billy Dee Williams as well as sports stars such as Charles Barkley, Michael Vick, Terrell Owens, Adrian Peterson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Troy Polamalu, Shawne Merriman and Steven Jackson.
Over the next four pages I have gathered a collection of 23 of Fincher’s commercials for you to preview and I’m sure you’ll recognize many and yet will have never realized they were directed by the man behind Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac and his latest effort, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
I have attempted to break up the commercials over the next few pages by brand and/or industry and I began on page one with his large collection of Nike commercials as well as one excellent commercial he did for Adidas.
Enjoy!
Nike “Gamebreakers”
feat. CG Michael Vick and CG Terrell Owens
with live-action face elements
Nike “Barkley of Seville”
feat. Charles Barkley
Nike “The Speed Chain”
Nike “Leave Nothing (Fate)”
feat. LaDainian Tomlinson, Troy Polamalu, Shawne Merriman and Steven Jackson
Nike Pro Combat “Alter Ego”
feat. Adrian Peterson
Nike “Instant Karma”
Nike “Referee” Commercial #1
feat. Dennis Hopper
Nike “Referee” Commercial #2
feat. Dennis Hopper
Adidas “Mechanical Legs”
On the next page are commercials Fincher did for Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heineken and one he did for Colt 45 starring Billy Dee Williams.
