Ceán Chaffin (born June 26, 1957) is an American film producer. She has won several
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fu ...
awards and been nominated for multiple
Academy Awards
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. Chaffin has frequently collaborated with her husband, director
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. Often described as one of the preeminent directors of his generation, David Fincher filmography, his films, of which most are psychological thrillers, have collectiv ...
.
Filmography
* ''
The Game'' (1997)
* ''
Fight Club'' (1999)
* ''
Panic Room'' (2002)
* ''
Zodiac
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'' (2007)
* ''
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008)
* ''
The Social Network
''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book '' The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networkin ...
'' (2010)
* ''
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in ) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in 2005, translated into English in 2008, and became an international bestseller.
''T ...
'' (2011)
* ''
Gone Girl'' (2014)
* ''
Mank'' (2020)
* ''
The Killer'' (2023)
In addition to producing the above films, Chaffin was executive producer for the 2017 TV series ''
Mindhunter''.
Awards
She, along with her fellow producers, was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture
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for ''
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), ''
The Social Network
''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book '' The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networkin ...
'' (2010), and ''
Mank'' (2020). She won
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fu ...
's AFI Awards for these films as well as for ''
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in ) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in 2005, translated into English in 2008, and became an international bestseller.
''T ...
'' (2011).
[
*
*] Chaffin was nominated for
Producers Guild of America
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's ''Producers of the Year Awards'' for the three aforementioned films and was also nominated for a
British Academy Film Award for ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' and ''The Social Network''.
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
20th-century American businesswomen
21st-century American businesswomen
American women film producers
Film producers from Los Angeles