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 Moviola as Self
- 2023 · The Cinema Within as
- 2021 · Remembering Return to Oz as Self
- 2020 · Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch as Himself
- 2019 · Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2019 · Coup 53 as Self - Film Editor
- 2018 · Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché as Self
- 2017 · 78/52 as Self
- 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Film and Sound Editor
- 2012 · Side by Side as Self
- 2011 · Don't Expect Too Much as Himself
- 2008 · The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped as Self
- 2008 · The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't as Self
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2007 · Murch: Walter Murch on Editing as Himself
- 2006 · Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
- 2004 · A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope as 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 Inside as Self
- 1971 · Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Master Sessions with Walter Murch as Self