Known For
Editing
Born
Jul 12, 1943
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
65 titles
Walter Murch
Biography
Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer. His work includes THX 1138, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and III, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Ghost and The English Patient, with three Academy Award wins (from nine nominations: six for picture editing and three for sound mixing). For his work on Apocalypse Now, Murch was the first person to receive a credit as "Sound Designer." Murch was also the editor and re-recording mixer of Apocalypse Now Redux. In 1998, producer Rick Schmidlin chose Murch as his editor for the restoration of Orson Welles's Touch of Evil. Murch is the author of a popular book on film editing, In the Blink of an Eye, and is the subject of Michael Ondaatje's book The Conversations. Famed movie critic Roger Ebert called Murch "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema." David Thomson calls Murch "the scholar, gentleman and superb craftsman of modern film", adding that in sound and editing, "he is now without a peer." Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Murch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Vivien’s Wild Ride
Himself
Megalopolis
Thanks
Her Name Was Moviola
Self
The Cinema Within
Remembering Return to Oz
Self
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
Himself
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
Coup 53
Self - Film Editor
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
78/52
Self
Tomorrowland
Editor
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Film and Sound Editor
Particle Fever
Editor
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Editor
Side by Side
Self
Don't Expect Too Much
Himself
The Wolfman
Editor
Tetro
Editor
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Director
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
Youth Without Youth
Editor
Fog City Mavericks
Self
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
Himself
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Self
Jarhead
Editor
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
Cold Mountain
Editor
K-19: The Widowmaker
Editor
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Editor
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
The Apostle
Thanks
The English Patient
Editor
First Knight
Editor
Crumb
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
I Love Trouble
Editor
Romeo Is Bleeding
Editor
House of Cards
Editor
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Editor
The Godfather Part III
Editor
Ghost
Editor
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self
Call from Space
Editor
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Editor
Captain EO
Editor
Return to Oz
Director
Dragonslayer
Sound Recordist