Angus Wall
Angus Alexander Wall (born March 15, 1967) 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.
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Angus Wall
- Born
- 1967.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- film editor, film producer, film director and television director.
- Education
- Bowdoin College and Woodberry Forest School.
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
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Angus Alexander Wall (born March 15, 1967) 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.
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Wall's title design work on the HBO television series Carnivàle and Game of Thrones both received Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2011, respectively, and his work on the series Rome's titles was nominated for the BAFTA Award in 2005.
Wall graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia in 1984. He then earned a BA from Bowdoin College in 1988. 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." 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. He became an "editorial consultant" on Fight Club (1999), 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. Wall and his firm are noted for being early adopters of all-digital filmmaking using digital cameras. 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." 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. 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. 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."
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- 1.Angus Wall from California Phone Number, Address, Public Records | Radaris.
- 2.Emmy Award database: Angus Wall.
- 3.BAFTA Awards database: 2005 Titles.
- 4.Woodberry Alumnus wins Oscar for film editing. Woodberry Forest School. 28 February 2011.
- 5.And the Oscar Goes to.Angus Wall '88 (Los Angeles Times).
- 6.Peters, Oliver. "Zodiac": Solving Tapeless Mysteries. Videography. January 25, 2007.
- 7.Rock Paper Scissors: Angus Wall's works.
- 8.Caranicas, Peter. Editing duos realize helmers' visions. Variety. February 6, 2009.
- 9.Workflow on Fincher's all digital film: Zodiac. fxguide. October 24, 2006.
- 10.Goldman, Michael. Going Tapeless. DigitalContentProducer.com. August 1, 2006.
- 11.Kunkes, Michael. 'Zodiac' Sign: Angus Wall on the Cusp of FILMMAKING'S FUTURE. Editors Guild Magazine. 28. 2. March–April 2007.
- 12.Taubin, Amy. Nerds on a Wire. Sight & Sound. May 2007.
- 13.Debruge, Peter. Editors cover tracks with digital tricks. Variety. February 12, 2009.
- 14.Debruge, Peter. Complex 'Case' for 'Button' editors: Baxter, Wall describe intricate process. Variety. January 7, 2009.
- 15.After Decades of Iconic Roles, Eddie Murphy Opens Up About Being Eddie. Netflix. November 12, 2025.
- 16.The 81st Academy Awards 2009. www.oscars.org. 2014-10-07.
- 17.The 83rd Academy Awards 2011. www.oscars.org. 2014-10-07.
- 18.The 84th Academy Awards 2012. www.oscars.org. 2014-10-07.
- 19.Film. Bafta.
- 20.Film. Bafta.
- 21.Angus Wall Emmy Awards and Nominations. Television Academy.
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