Has been close friends with Brad Pitt ever since working together on Se7en (1995).

Was originally considered to direct Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002).

Was originally considered to direct Spider-Man (2002).

Turned down the offer to direct 8MM (1999), opting to do Fight Club (1999) instead.

Good friends with Madonna.

In 2005, he directed the video for 'Nine Inch Nails' (qv "Only". Ten years earlier, he used Coil's version of the Nine Inch Nails' song "Closer" during the opening credits montage of his film Se7en (1995).

Was originally considered to direct Hannibal (2001).

Daughter, Phelix Imogen Fincher (b. 25 April 1994), with Donya Fiorentino.

While growing up in Marin County, one of his neighbors was George Lucas. He later worked on the special effects crew of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), produced and written by Lucas.

Was originally set to direct Mission: Impossible III (2006), but dropped out.

Turned down the offer to direct Catch Me If You Can (2002), opting to do Panic Room (2002) instead.

He works frequently with screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker.

Lived for several years in Ashland, Oregon and graduated from Ashland High School.

It was the 1969 feature film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) that inspired him to pursue a career in cinema.

Was originally set to direct The Black Dahlia (2006), but dropped out.

Was originally set to direct Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991), but dropped out.

His video for Madonna's "Express Yourself" voted #1 in Slant Magazines Top 100 Videos. 2 of his other Madonna videos also made the list. "Vogue" at #4 & "Oh, Father" at #11. (19th January 2003)

A founder member of Propaganda Films in 1986.

Met his partner, Ceán Chaffin, in the early '90s when she produced a Japanese Coca-Cola ad he was directing.

Turned down the offer to direct Batman Begins (2005).