A film buff at an early age, he knew he wanted to be a film director from the time he was eight years old. Growing up in San Rafael just a few doors from
Star Wars director George Lucas was for Fincher like living near God. It also gave him a definite edge when he decided to go into films as a high school grad; rejecting a four-year sentence at film school, he instead took a job loading camera film for Korty Films, then went down the street to neighbor Lucas. By 1983, he was working for Lucas's special effects company, Industrial Light and Magic.
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