Personal Info
Known For
Editing
Birthdate
1943-07-12 (Age: 83)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (25)
Vivien’s Wild Ride
2025
Her Name Was Moviola
2024
The Cinema Within
2024
Remembering Return to Oz
2021
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
2020
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
Coup 53
2019
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
78/52
2017
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Side by Side
2012
Don't Expect Too Much
2011
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
