Walter Murch
Editing
- Born:
- 1943-07-12
- Place of birth:
- 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
Master Sessions with Walter Murch
Vivien’s Wild Ride
Megalopolis
Her Name Was Moviola
The Cinema Within
Remembering Return to Oz
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Coup 53
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
78/52
Tomorrowland
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Particle Fever
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Side by Side
Don't Expect Too Much
The Wolfman
Tetro
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Youth Without Youth
Fog City Mavericks
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Jarhead
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Cold Mountain
K-19: The Widowmaker
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
The Apostle
The English Patient
First Knight
Crumb
I Love Trouble
Romeo Is Bleeding
House of Cards
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
The Godfather Part III
Ghost
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Call from Space
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Captain EO
Return to Oz
Dragonslayer
The Black Stallion
Apocalypse Now
Julia
The Godfather Part II
The Conversation
American Graffiti
The Godfather
THX 1138
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'