Gone Girl is not a film.
Academy Award for Best Actress . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry . The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America , since 1943 . Gone Girl is a 2014 American psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Gillian Flynn , based on her 2012 novel of the same name . The film stars Ben Affleck , Rosamund Pike , Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler Perry . Further nominations included a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Fincher and Golden Globe Award , BAFTA Award and Critics ' Choice Award nominations for Flynn 's adapted screenplay , receiving the award for the latter .