Considering the Academy who picks Oscar nominees and winners is mostly composed of old, white men, it’s no wonder gender inequality is rampant at the Academy Awards — and in the film industry in general.

When David Fincher made the switch from film to digital, he became the Hollywood filmmaker. Much like Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Howard Hawks, Fincher perfectly walks the line between art and entertainment. Hitchcock was known for building suspense, Preminger for understanding the power of fascination and Hawks for his obsession with masculinity. Put all these traits into one guy and you get Fincher, whose films post-Zodiac (his first movie shot digitally) are meticulously constructed down to the last detail. His latest film “Gone Girl” is no exception.