Fincher tops best working directors list

Fincher saw off competition from The Dark Knight’s Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese in the EW.com survey.

Naming Fincher their number one, editors state, “His taut, meticulous thrillers reflect his own irrepressible obsessiveness, but his last two films are the work of a supremely confident maestro of visual storytelling.

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button earned him his first Oscar nomination, and his Social Network proved even computer-programming could be riveting.”

The top 10 is:

1. David Fincher

2. Christopher Nolan

3. Steven Spielberg

4. Martin Scorsese

5. Darren Aronofsky

6. the Coen Brothers

7. Quentin Tarantino

8. Terrence Malick

9. Clint Eastwood

10. Pedro Almodovar.