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Angus Wall

Angus Wall

Producer, editor and director · Born March 15, 1967 (59) · Virginia, USA

2 Oscars · 5 Primetime Emmys · BAFTA Award winner · 1 other major award body

Angus Alexander Wall (born March 15, 1967) is a film editor and film title designer. He and fellow film editor Kirk Baxter won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the David Fincher film The Social Network (2010) and again the next year for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). He and Baxter were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, also directed by David 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 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 the 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angus Wall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
March 15, 1967 (59)
From
Virginia, USA
Works as
Producer, editor and director
Titles
43 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 69% in 30 days

What are Angus Wall's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Documentary22 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
34%
Morality
16%
Society
15%
Ideas
11%
Power
9%
Bonds
8%
Survival
8%
Identity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 23 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 11 · Charged 10 · Intense 8

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 12 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 13 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
21
Tense
15
Hopeful
17
Melancholic
12
Joyful
7
Other
31

How their films linger

Hopeful20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet15
  • Ambiguous11
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Angus Wall's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 43 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (29).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Angus Wall's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 43 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Elway(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Being Eddie(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Not a Box(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • We Are Storror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • UnBroken(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Louder: The Soundtrack of Change(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Untold: Sign Stealer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Untold: The Murder of Air McNair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • The Greatest Night in Pop(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Producer

  • Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Harry & Meghan(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Is That Black Enough for You?!?(2022)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Emily the Criminal(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Halftime(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • A Trip to Infinity(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Neymar: The Perfect Chaos(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Amend: The Fight for America(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Mike Wallace Is Here(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Black Godfather(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Strokes of Genius(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Voyeur(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Icarus(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Five Came Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Five Came Back(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • 13th(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Amanda Knox(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • First Pitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • EMIC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • The Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • The Unknown Known(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Post-Production (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Social Network(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Tabloid(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Zodiac(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Thumbsucker(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Hostage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Editor

  • Panic Room(2002)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Sunset Strip(2000)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Architecture of Reassurance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Editor

  • Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Editor

  • Armadillo World Headquarters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 51 titles, 50 of them dated from 1991 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

$336M worldwide

Highest rated

13th (2016)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Zodiac (2007)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 51: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting5 of 51: 4 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing36 of 51: 35 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score80thEditing10 of 51: 10 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score96th

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s7 · crew2010s18 · 1 acting · 17 crew2020s23 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 Oscars, 5 Primetime Emmys, a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 19 major nominations, 2004–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Main Title Design
  2. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Main Title Design
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  3. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Main Title Design
  4. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Main Title Design
  5. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Motion Design
  6. 2012
    • Oscar, won · Best Achievement in Film Editing
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Editing
  7. 2011
    • Oscar, won · Best Achievement in Film Editing
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Main Title Design
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Editing
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Editing
  8. 2009
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Film Editing
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Editing
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 2006
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Main Title Design
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Titles
  2. 2004
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Main Title Design

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Angus Wall's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 33; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 43 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up29
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 43 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · producer

Harry & Meghan (2022)

98th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

13th (2016)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Angus Wall's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles6–91 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles15–55 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles54–84 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles19–63 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles21–86 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Angus Wall work with?

People who share at least 2 of Angus Wall's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kent Kubena shares the most, 20.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

  • Kent Kubena20 titles    See newest 12 of 20 shared titles with Kent Kubena
  • Terry Leonard18 titles    See newest 12 of 18 shared titles with Terry Leonard
  • Jennifer Sofio10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Jennifer Sofio
  • Melissa Jacobson9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Melissa Jacobson

Mixed roles