Personal Info
Known ForEditing
GenderMale
BirthdayJuly 11, 1943 (81 years old)
Place of BirthNew York, New York, U.S.A.
Walter Murch
Biography
Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on THX 1138, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and III, American Graffiti, The Conversation, and The English Patient, with three Academy Award wins (from nine nominations: six for picture editing and three for sound mixing), he has been referred to by Roger Ebert as "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema."
Known For
Remembering Return to Oz
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Side by Side
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Master Sessions with Walter Murch
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Her Name Was Moviola
The Cinema Within
78/52
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Fog City Mavericks
Coup 53
Don't Expect Too Much
The Oscars
Jarhead
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather Part III
Ghost
The English Patient
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Conversation
THX 1138
Romeo Is Bleeding
I Love Trouble
First Knight
Tetro
Youth Without Youth
K-19: The Widowmaker
Return to Oz
The English Patient
The Black Stallion
Particle Fever
The Apostle
The Godfather
House of Cards
The Rain People
The Wolfman
Cold Mountain
First Knight
Cold Mountain
Ghost
Tomorrowland
Hemingway & Gellhorn
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Her Name Was Moviola
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Return to Oz
Call from Space
The Godfather Part II
THX 1138
Crumb
The Godfather Part II
Dragonslayer
Gimme Shelter
Coup 53
Coup 53
American Graffiti
American Graffiti
The Conversation
Captain EO
The Godfather Part III
Julia
Youth Without Youth
Star Wars: The Clone Wars