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.

Known For

The Oscars

Omnibus

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

78/52

Side by Side

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

All Movies (26)

• Vivien’s Wild Ride2025 · as Himself
• Her Name Was Moviola2024 · as Self
• The Cinema Within2024
• Remembering Return to Oz2021 · as Self
• Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch2020 · as Himself
• Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound2019 · as Self
• Coup 532019 · as Self - Film Editor
• Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché2018 · as Self
• 78/522017 · as Self
• Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles2014 · as Self - Film and Sound Editor
• Side by Side2012 · as Self
• Don't Expect Too Much2011 · as Himself
• The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped2008 · as Self
• The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't2008 · as Self
• Fog City Mavericks2007 · as Self
• Murch: Walter Murch on Editing2007 · as Himself
• Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'2006 · as Self
• George Lucas: Creating an Empire2005 · as Self
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing2004 · as Self
• A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope2004 · as Self
• Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'2004 · as Self
• The Making of 'American Graffiti'1998 · as Self
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside1990 · as Self
• Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'1971 · as Self
• The Emperor1967 · as Self
• Master Sessions with Walter Murch— · as Self

All TV Shows (2)

• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self