Walter Murch
Known for: Editing
Born: July 12, 1943
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
63 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Vivien’s Wild Ride
2025
5.2
Megalopolis
2024
NR
Her Name Was Moviola
2024
NR
The Cinema Within
2024
NR
Remembering Return to Oz
2021
10.0
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
7.0
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
2020
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
8.0
Coup 53
2019
7.2
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
7.1
78/52
2017
6.3
Tomorrowland
2015
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
7.1
Particle Fever
2013
6.1
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
7.3
Side by Side
2012
6.0
Don't Expect Too Much
2011
5.9
The Wolfman
2010
6.8
Tetro
2009
8.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
6.6
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
2008
7.2
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
6.1
Youth Without Youth
2007
8.5
Fog City Mavericks
2007
NR
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
2007
NR
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
2006
6.7
Jarhead
2005
5.0
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
7.6
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
20047.0
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
6.9
Cold Mountain
2003
6.6
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
7.2
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
7.8
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
6.3
The Apostle
1997
7.1
The English Patient
1996
6.1
First Knight
1995
7.5
Crumb
1995
5.5
I Love Trouble
1994
6.2
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
6.2
House of Cards
1993
8.9
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
7.4
The Godfather Part III
1990
7.2
Ghost
1990
7.8
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
8.5
Call from Space
1989
6.8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
7.8
Captain EO
1986
6.7
Return to Oz
1985
6.6
Dragonslayer
1981
7.1
The Black Stallion
1979
8.3
Apocalypse Now
1979
6.5
Julia
1977
8.6
The Godfather Part II
1974
7.5
The Conversation
1974
7.0
American Graffiti
1973
8.7
The Godfather
1972
6.4
THX 1138
1971
6.7
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
1971
7.3
Gimme Shelter
1970
6.6
The Rain People
1969
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
The Emperor
1967
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
Master Sessions with Walter Murch
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