--- name: "Kirk Baxter" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirk-baxter" fi1m_id: "kirk-baxter" imdb_id: "nm0062775" tmdb_id: 964726 wikidata_id: "Q537808" roles: ["Producer"] born: "1 January 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_as: "producer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-21T04:27:13.317773+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kirk Baxter ## Identity Kirk Baxter - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirk-baxter - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kirk-baxter - **IMDb ID:** nm0062775 - **TMDB ID:** 964726 - **Wikidata ID:** Q537808 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baxter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/964726 Producer. Born 1 January 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 1 January 1972, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - **Active:** 2008–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 producing, 7 crew - **Frequently works with:** [David Fincher](https://film.one/person/david-fincher.md), [Ceán Chaffin](https://film.one/person/cean-chaffin.md), [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md), [Rooney Mara](https://film.one/person/rooney-mara.md), [Scott Rudin](https://film.one/person/scott-rudin.md) - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 1 nominated) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 83 (4), 2020s 70 (3) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baxter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/964726 ## Coming up - *THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH* (2026-11-25), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-further-mis-adventures-of-cliff-booth.md) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Gone Girl*](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) (84), [*MINDHUNTER*](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md) (83), [*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo.md) (74), [*A House of Dynamite*](https://film.one/film/a-house-of-dynamite.md) (73) - **Apple TV:** [*The Social Network*](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md) (91) - **Disney+:** [*Dumb Money*](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md) (64) - **Pluto TV:** [*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kirk Baxter is an Australian film editor born in 1972 in Sydney. He has frequently collaborated with director David Fincher, often working alongside editor Angus Wall. Baxter shared Academy Awards for Best Film Editing on *The Social Network* (2010) and *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011). His other credits with Fincher include *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), *Gone Girl* (2014), *Mank* (2020) and *The Killer* (2023), as well as episodes of the series *House of Cards* (2013), *Mindhunter* (2017–2019) and *Love, Death & Robots* (2019). He edited *Dumb Money* (2023) for director Craig Gillespie and *A House of Dynamite* (2025) for Kathryn Bigelow. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) ### Produced (1) — the average rests on these - *MINDHUNTER* (2017), Fi1m 83, Co-Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md) ### Crew (7) - *A House of Dynamite* (2025), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-house-of-dynamite.md) - *Dumb Money* (2023), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md) - *The Killer* (2023), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killer.md) - *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) - *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo.md) - *The Social Network* (2010), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md) - *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md) ## Complete filmography (17) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-further-mis-adventures-of-cliff-booth.md) - *A House of Dynamite* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-house-of-dynamite.md) - *The Killer* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killer.md) - *Dumb Money* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md) - *Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends* (2021), Editor - *Mank* (2020), Editor - *Love, Death & Robots* (2019), series, Editor - *MINDHUNTER* (2017), series, Co-Producer, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md) - *The Wolf* (2017), Editor - *One More Time with Feeling* (2016), Additional Editor - *Gone Girl* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) - *House of Cards* (2013), series, Editor - *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Post-Production* (2012), Actor - *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo.md) - *The Social Network* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md) - *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md) - *Pol Pot's Birthday* (2004), Supervising Editor ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - 2012: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* - 2011: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Social Network* - 2009: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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