Kirk Baxter

Kirk Baxter (born 1972) is an Australian film editor. He has worked with director David Fincher and editor Angus Wall several times, winning Academy Awards for The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Baxter was raised in Sydney, Australia and commenced his career as an editor there. He had been noted primarily for his work editing commercials, and co-founded a commercial editing firm named Final Cut.[1] In 2004, Baxter joined Angus Wall's firm Rock Paper Scissors, which was also responsible for commercial work.[2] Baxter then worked with Wall as an "additional editor" on Fincher's film Zodiac. When Wall was chosen to edit The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, he proposed to Fincher that Baxter be the co-editor, and they have since worked together on Fincher's subsequent films.[3]

Baxter and Wall were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for their work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.[4] For their work on The Social Network, Baxter and Wall won an Oscar and a BAFTA in 2011. The following year, they won a second Oscar for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

In 2014, Baxter's next edited film was Gone Girl, also directed by David Fincher, and was his first film to not be co-edited by Angus Wall.

Filmography (as editor)
Year Film Director Notes
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Nominated—ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
2010 The Social Network Academy Award for Best Film Editing
ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
BAFTA Award for Best Editing
Nominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Film Editing
Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing
Nominated—ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
2014 Gone Girl Nominated—ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing
Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing
2020 Mank Pending—Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing


References
  1. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Picture Editor Kirk Baxter". Movieset. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  2. Vines, Emily (19 August 2005). "Kirk Baxter Heads West". Shoot.
  3. Caranicas, Peter (6 February 2009). "Editing duos realize helmers' visions". Variety.
  4. "Rock Paper Scissors: Kirk Baxter's works". Retrieved 25 March 2009.
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