Walter Murch
July 12, 1943 (81 years old) in New York, New York, U.S.A.
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
Credits
- 2024 ·Her Name Was Moviolaas Self
- 2023 ·The Cinema Withinas
- 2021 ·Remembering Return to Ozas Self
- 2020 ·Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murchas Himself
- 2019 ·Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Soundas Self
- 2019 ·Coup 53as Self - Film Editor
- 2018 ·Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blachéas Self
- 2017 ·78/52as Self
- 2014 ·Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Wellesas Self - Film and Sound Editor
- 2012 ·Side by Sideas Self
- 2011 ·Don't Expect Too Muchas Himself
- 2008 ·The Godfather: When the Shooting Stoppedas Self
- 2008 ·The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn'tas Self
- 2007 ·Fog City Mavericksas Self
- 2007 ·Murch: Walter Murch on Editingas Himself
- 2006 ·Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'as Self
- 2005 ·George Lucas: Creating an Empireas Self
- 2004 ·The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editingas Self
- 2004 ·A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetropeas Self
- 2004 ·Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'as Self
- 1998 ·The Making of 'American Graffiti'as Self
- 1990 ·The Godfather Family: A Look Insideas Self
- 1971 ·Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'as Self
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self
- Future ·Master Sessions with Walter Murchas Self