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Angus Wall

Angus Alexander Wall (born March 15, 1967)[1] is an American film editor, producer, director, and title designer. He and Kirk Baxter shared the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the David Fincher film The Social Network (2010), and won again the next year for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). The duo were previously nominated for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), also directed by Fincher.

Angus Wall
Born
Angus Alexander Wall

(1967-03-15) March 15, 1967 (age 59)
United States
EducationBowdoin College (BA)
Occupations
  • Film editor
  • film producer
  • film director
  • title designer

Wall's title design work on the HBO television series Carnivàle and Game of Thrones both received Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2011, respectively,[2] and his work on the series Rome's titles was nominated for the BAFTA Award in 2005.[3]

Life and career

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Wall graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia in 1984.[4] He then earned a BA from Bowdoin College in 1988.[5] In 1992, he and Linda Carlson started the firm Rock Paper Scissors, which has become "a respected West Hollywood creative editorial house known for its commercial work for such clients as BMW, HP, and Nike."[6]

Wall's relationship with the director David Fincher extends back to 1988, when Wall entered the entertainment industry. Wall had edited some commercials directed by David Fincher, and he edited the titles for Fincher's film Se7en.[7] He became an "editorial consultant" on Fight Club (1999),[7] which was edited by James Haygood, and he then co-edited Panic Room (2002) with Haygood. While Wall became the sole editor credited on Zodiac (2007), Kirk Baxter worked with him as an "additional editor". Wall proposed to Fincher that Baxter be the co-editor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.[8]

Wall and his firm are noted for being early adopters of all-digital filmmaking using digital cameras.[9][10][11] The film Zodiac (2007), which was directed by Fincher and edited by Wall, is noted as "the first major motion picture created without using film or tape," although some parts of the film were shot with conventional cameras. One important aspect of using digital cameras is that the director can view a scene immediately after it is recorded; as Fincher commented in an interview, "Dailies almost always end up being disappointing, like the veil is pierced and you look at it for the first time and think, 'Oh my god, this is what I really have to work with.' But when you can see what you have as it's gathered, it can be a much less neurotic process."[12] Digital filmmaking also creates new possibilities for film editing compared to the "cutting" of reels of physical film; among these possibilities are subtle changes in the timing of an actor's performance, and combining of two different takes of a given scene within a single frame.[13] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the additional novel element that the facial performances in many of the film's scenes were recorded independently of the body performances, and were combined to create the final film. Brad Pitt's face performances for Button were used in all the scenes, but for many of the scenes a second actor's performance was used for the rest of Button's body.[14]

Wall directed the documentary Being Eddie (2025), which is about the life and career of Eddie Murphy. Wall said, "There is no one else like him."[15]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Functioned as Dir. Notes
Producer Editor Other
1995 Seven No No Yes David Fincher Title sequence editor
1999 Fight Club No No Yes David Fincher Assistant editor & editorial consultant
2000 Sunset Strip No Yes No Adam Collis with Bruce Cannon
2002 Panic Room No Yes No David Fincher with James Haygood
2005 Thumbsucker No Yes No Mike Mills with Haines Hall
2007 Zodiac No Yes No David Fincher
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button No Yes No with Kirk Baxter
2010 The Social Network No Yes No
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo No Yes No David Fincher with Kirk Baxter
2022 Emily the Criminal Executive No No John Patton Ford

Short films

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Year Title Functioned as Dir.
Editor
1999 Architecture of Reassurance Yes Mike Mills
2002 The Hire: Hostage Yes John Woo
2016 The Escape Sup. Neill Blomkamp
2017 Firebase Sup.
Zygote Sup.

Documentary works

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Year Title Functioned as Dir. Notes
Director Producer Editor
2010 Tabloid No Executive Yes Errol Morris
2013 The Unknown Known No Executive No
2015 Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom No Executive No Evgeny Afineevsky
2016 Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang No Executive No Kevin Macdonald
13th No Executive No Ava DuVernay
Long Live Benjamin No Executive No Terence Butler

Jimm Lasser
2017 Icarus No Executive No Bryan Fogel
Voyeur No Executive No Myles Kane

Josh Koury
2018 Strokes of Genius No Executive No Andrew Douglas
2019 Mike Wallace Is Here No Executive No Avi Belkin
The Black Godfather No Executive No Reginald Hudlin
2020 Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb No Executive No Ajax Phillips
Daniel Joseph Watkins
2022 Jennifer Lopez: Halftime No Yes No Amanda Micheli
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom No Executive No Evgeny Afineevsky
A Trip to Infinity No Yes No Jonathan Halperin
Drew Takahashi
Is That Black Enough for You?!? No Yes No Elvis Mitchell
2023 Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre Yes No No Himself Short
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa No Executive No Lucy Walker
UnBroken No Executive No Beth Lane
2024 The Greatest Night in Pop No Executive No Bao Nguyen
Louder: The Soundtrack of Change No Yes No Kristi Jacobson
2025 We Are Storror No Yes No Michael Bay
Being Eddie Yes No No Himself

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Functioned as
Director Editor
1995 The Diamond Sea Sonic Youth Yes No
1991 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana No Yes
2000 Don't Tell Me Madonna No Yes
2005 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day No Yes

Awards and nominations

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Institution Year Category Work Result Ref.
Academy Awards 2009 Best Film Editing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated [16]
2011 The Social Network Won [17]
2012 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Won [18]
American Cinema Editors 2009 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2011 The Social Network Won
2012 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Nominated
British Academy Film Awards 2009 Best Editing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated [19]
2011 The Social Network Won [20]
British Academy Television Craft Awards 2006 Best Titles & Graphic Identity Rome Nominated [3]
Primetime Emmy Awards 2004 Outstanding Title Design Carnivàle Won [21]
2006 Rome Nominated [21]
Big Love Nominated [21]
2011 Game of Thrones Won [21]
2017 Outstanding Motion Design 13th Won [21]
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Won [21]
2018 Outstanding Title Design The Alienist Nominated [21]
2019 Game of Thrones Won [21]
2020 The Morning Show Nominated [21]
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up Nominated [21]
2022 Outstanding Title Design Pachinko Nominated [21]

References

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  1. ↑ "Angus Wall from California Phone Number, Address, Public Records | Radaris".
  2. ↑ "Emmy Award database: Angus Wall". Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  3. 1 2 "BAFTA Awards database: 2005 Titles". Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Woodberry Alumnus wins Oscar for film editing". Woodberry Forest School. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  5. ↑ "And the Oscar Goes to...Angus Wall '88 (Los Angeles Times)". Archived from the original on 2011-03-06. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  6. ↑ Peters, Oliver (January 25, 2007). ""Zodiac": Solving Tapeless Mysteries". Videography. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Rock Paper Scissors: Angus Wall's works". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  8. ↑ Caranicas, Peter (February 6, 2009). "Editing duos realize helmers' visions". Variety.
  9. ↑ "Workflow on Fincher's all digital film: Zodiac". fxguide. October 24, 2006.
  10. ↑ Goldman, Michael (August 1, 2006). "Going Tapeless". DigitalContentProducer.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30.
  11. ↑ Kunkes, Michael (March–April 2007). "'Zodiac' Sign: Angus Wall on the Cusp of FILMMAKING'S FUTURE". Editors Guild Magazine. 28 (2).
  12. ↑ Taubin, Amy (May 2007). "Nerds on a Wire". Sight & Sound.
  13. ↑ Debruge, Peter (February 12, 2009). "Editors cover tracks with digital tricks". Variety. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  14. ↑ Debruge, Peter (January 7, 2009). "Complex 'Case' for 'Button' editors: Baxter, Wall describe intricate process". Variety. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  15. ↑ "After Decades of Iconic Roles, Eddie Murphy Opens Up About Being Eddie". Netflix. November 12, 2025. Archived from the original on March 2, 2026. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  16. ↑ "The 81st Academy Awards | 2009". www.oscars.org. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  17. ↑ "The 83rd Academy Awards | 2011". www.oscars.org. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  18. ↑ "The 84th Academy Awards | 2012". www.oscars.org. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  19. ↑ "Film". Bafta. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  20. ↑ "Film". Bafta. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Angus Wall | Emmy Awards and Nominations". Television Academy. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
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