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.
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 Romes titles was nominated for the BAFTA Award in 2005.
Life and career 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."
Filmography
Feature films YearTitleFunctioned asDir.NotesProducerEditorOther1995SevenDavid FincherTitle sequence editor1999Fight ClubAssistant editor & editorial consultant2000Sunset StripAdam Colliswith Bruce Cannon2002Panic RoomDavid Fincherwith James Haygood2005ThumbsuckerMike Millswith Haines Hall2007ZodiacDavid Fincher2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonwith Kirk Baxter2010The Social Network2011The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2022Emily the CriminalJohn Patton Ford
Short films YearTitleFunctioned asDir.Editor1999Architecture of ReassuranceMike Mills2002The Hire: HostageJohn Woo2016The EscapeNeill Blomkamp2017FirebaseZygote
Documentary works YearTitleFunctioned asDir.NotesDirectorProducerEditor2010TabloidErrol Morris2013The Unknown Known2015Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for FreedomEvgeny Afineevsky2016Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-QiangKevin Macdonald13thAva DuVernayLong Live BenjaminTerence Butler Jimm Lasser2017IcarusBryan FogelVoyeurMyles Kane Josh Koury2018Strokes of GeniusAndrew Douglas2019Mike Wallace Is HereAvi BelkinThe Black GodfatherReginald Hudlin2020Freak Power: The Ballot or the BombAjax PhillipsDaniel Joseph Watkins2022Jennifer Lopez: HalftimeAmanda MicheliFreedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for FreedomEvgeny AfineevskyA Trip to InfinityJonathan HalperinDrew TakahashiIs That Black Enough for You?!?Elvis Mitchell2023Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian TheatreHimselfShortMountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa SherpaLucy WalkerUnBrokenBeth Lane2024The Greatest Night in PopBao NguyenLouder: The Soundtrack of ChangeKristi Jacobson2025We Are StorrorMichael BayBeing EddieHimself
Music videos YearTitleArtistFunctioned asDirectorEditor1991"Smells Like Teen Spirit"Nirvana1995"The Diamond Sea"Sonic Youth2000"Don't Tell Me"Madonna2005"Wake Me Up When September Ends"Green Day
Awards and nominations +InstitutionYearCategoryWorkResultAcademy Awards2009Best Film EditingThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button2011The Social Network2012The Girl with the Dragon TattooAmerican Cinema Editors2009Best Edited Feature Film – DramaticThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button2011The Social Network2012The Girl with the Dragon TattooBritish Academy Film Awards2009Best EditingThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button2011The Social NetworkBritish Academy Television Craft Awards2006Best Titles & Graphic IdentityRomePrimetime Emmy Awards2004Outstanding Title DesignCarnivàle2006RomeBig Love2011Game of Thrones2017Outstanding Motion Design13thOutstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special2018Outstanding Title DesignThe Alienist2019Game of Thrones2020The Morning ShowOutstanding Unstructured Reality ProgramKevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up2022Outstanding Title DesignPachinko
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