Few directors have had to work as hard as David Fincher to earn a place among Hollywood's filmmaking elite. Long before he became a household name for visually arresting hits like Fight Club and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Fincher—who will be 50 in August—was paying the bills by making music videos and TV ads. But he wasn't just going through the motions. Many of Fincher's ads are industry classics that helped redefine the level of storytelling you could cram into a commercial.

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