“Cutting movies can be such a lonely endeavor. Why not have a partner? I know when we’re on the movie together, it’s a lot more fun than when we’re working individually.”
Angus Wall began his entertainment career as an editor of music videos and commercials in the late 1980s before he and his wife, Linda Carlson, established Rock Paper Scissors, an editorial house based in Los Angeles. Wall’s collaboration with David Fincher began when he designed the titles for the director’s Se7en (1995), after which he served as editorial consultant on Fight Club (1999) and co-edited Panic Room (2002) with James Haygood. His other editing credits include Adam Collis’ Sunset Strip (2000) and Mike Mills’ Thumbsucker (2005).
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Kirk Baxter co-founded a commercial editing firm, Final Cut, before moving to Los Angeles and joining Rock Paper Scissors in 2004. He made his transition into features in 2007, serving as additional editor to Wall on Fincher’s Zodiac (2007). The duo have since co-edited The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and The Social Network (2010), which earned them the Academy Award and ACE Eddie Award for best editing. They recently edited Fincher’s English-language remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2010).
