Walter Murch
- Editing
- July 12, 1943 · New York City, New York, USA
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 · Self
- Megalopolis · Thanks
- Her Name Was Moviola · Self, Writer
- The Cinema Within
- Remembering Return to Oz · Self
- Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch · Self
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound · Self
- Coup 53 · Self, Writer
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché · Self
- 78/52 · Self
- Tomorrowland · Editing
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · Self
- Particle Fever · Editing
- Hemingway & Gellhorn · Editing
- Side by Side · Self
- Don't Expect Too Much · Self
- The Wolfman · Editing
- Tetro · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars · Director
- The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped · Self
- The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't · Self
- Youth Without Youth · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Fog City Mavericks · Self
- Murch: Walter Murch on Editing · Self
- Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' · Self
- Jarhead · Editing
- 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 · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- K-19: The Widowmaker · Editing
- George Lucas: Creating an Empire · Self
- The Talented Mr. Ripley · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- The Making of 'American Graffiti' · Self
- The Apostle · Thanks
- The English Patient · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- First Knight · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Crumb · Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- I Love Trouble · Editing
- Romeo Is Bleeding · Editing
- House of Cards · Editing
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · Editing
- The Godfather Part III · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Ghost · Editing, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- The Godfather Family: A Look Inside · Self
- Call from Space · Editing
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being · Editing
- Captain EO · Editing
- Return to Oz · Director, Screenplay
- Dragonslayer · Sound Recordist
- The Black Stallion · Screenplay
- Apocalypse Now · Editing, Sound Designer
- Julia · Editing
- The Godfather Part II · Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor
- The Conversation · Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- American Graffiti · Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- The Godfather · Post Production Consulting
- THX 1138 · Sound Editor, Screenplay
- Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' · Self
- Gimme Shelter · Sound
- The Rain People · Sound Editor
- Omnibus · Self
- The Emperor · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- Master Sessions with Walter Murch · Self