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Angus Wall Biography

Birth Name:Angus Alexander Wall

Profession Producer, Editor, Director, Editorial department

Fast Facts

  • He and Kirk Baxter won the Editor of the Year Hollywood Film Award at the 2010 Hollywood Film Festival
  • Graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1988
  • His collaboration with David Fincher began early in his career while both worked for Propaganda Films, a music video and commercial company co-founded by Fincher
  • Quote: "Any camera original-whether film or data file-represents the efforts of many people and a lot of money, time and thought․"
  • Quote: "Truth is definitely stranger than fiction, and it always makes a story more interesting and complex․"
  • Often works with fellow film editor Kirk Baxter and director David Fincher
  • Started the Rock Paper Scissors firm with Linda Carlson, which was one of the first to adopt all-digital filmmaking using digital cameras, and edited "Zodiac," the first film to be shot and edited entirely in a digital format

Awards

  • 2003OFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: winner
  • 2006BAFTA TV Award-Best Titles: nominated
  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: nominated
  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: nominated
  • 2007ACCA-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2008EDA Award-Best Film Editing: winner
  • 2008ACCA-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2008INOCA-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2008OFTA Film Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2008OFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2009Oscar-Best Achievement in Film Editing: nominated
  • 2009Eddie-Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic: nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2009Gold Derby Film Award-Film Editing: nominated
  • 2009INOCA-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2009OFTA Film Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2009OFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2010ACCA-Best Achievement in Film Editing: winner
  • 2010Sierra Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2010SDFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2011Oscar-Best Achievement in Film Editing: winner
  • 2011EDA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2011Eddie-Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic: winner
  • 2011ACCA-Best Achievement in Film Editing: nominated
  • 2011BAFTA Film Award-Best Editing: winner
  • 2011Critics Choice Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2011Gold Derby Film Award-Film Editing: nominated
  • 2011HPA Award-Outstanding Editing - Feature Film: winner
  • 2011ICS Award-Best Editing: winner
  • 2011INOCA-Best Film Editing: winner
  • 2011IOMA-Best Editing (Miglior montaggio): nominated
  • 2011OFTA Film Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2011OFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: winner
  • 2012Oscar-Best Achievement in Film Editing: winner
  • 2012EDA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2012Eddie-Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic: nominated
  • 2012Critics Choice Award-Best Editing: winner
  • 2012Gold Derby Film Award-Film Editing: nominated
  • 2012HPA Award-Outstanding Editing - Feature Film: nominated
  • 2012INOCA-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2012IOMA-Best Editing (Miglior montaggio): nominated
  • 2012OFTA Film Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
  • 2015Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: nominated
  • 2016SXSW Film Design Award-Excellence in Title Design: nominated
  • 2016SXSW Film Design Award-Excellence in Title Design: nominated
  • 2017Emmy-Outstanding Motion Design: winner
  • 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Motion Design: winner
  • 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: winner
  • 2018Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: nominated
  • 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: winner
  • 2020DOC LA Award-Best Producer: winner
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Film Editing of the Decade: nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: nominated
  • 2022Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)-Best Music Documentary/Special Program: nominated
  • 2022Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Design: nominated
  • 2024Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lifestyle Program: nominated
  • 2024Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Short Form Program: nominated
  • 2024Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2026Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated