Walter Murch
Editing
1943-07-12 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Vivien’s Wild Ride
2025 · Movie
Megalopolis
2024 · Movie
Her Name Was Moviola
2024 · Movie
The Cinema Within
2024 · Movie
Remembering Return to Oz
2021 · Movie
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020 · Movie
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
2020 · Movie
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · Movie
Coup 53
2019 · Movie
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Movie
78/52
2017 · Movie
Tomorrowland
2015 · Movie
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Movie
Particle Fever
2013 · Movie
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Movie
Side by Side
2012 · Movie
Don't Expect Too Much
2011 · Movie
The Wolfman
2010 · Movie
Tetro
2009 · Movie
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008 · Series
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
2008 · Movie
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008 · Movie
Youth Without Youth
2007 · Movie
Fog City Mavericks
2007 · Movie
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
2007 · Movie
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
2006 · Movie
Jarhead
2005 · Movie
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005 · Movie
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004 · Movie
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004 · Movie
Cold Mountain
2003 · Movie
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Movie
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Movie
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998 · Movie
The Apostle
1997 · Movie
The English Patient
1996 · Movie
First Knight
1995 · Movie
Crumb
1995 · Movie
I Love Trouble
1994 · Movie
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993 · Movie
House of Cards
1993 · Movie
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · Movie
The Godfather Part III
1990 · Movie
Ghost
1990 · Movie
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 · Movie
Call from Space
1989 · Movie
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Movie
Captain EO
1986 · Movie
Return to Oz
1985 · Movie
Dragonslayer
1981 · Movie
The Black Stallion
1979 · Movie
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Movie
Julia
1977 · Movie
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Movie
The Conversation
1974 · Movie
American Graffiti
1973 · Movie
The Godfather
1972 · Movie
THX 1138
1971 · Movie
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
1971 · Movie
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Movie
The Rain People
1969 · Movie
Omnibus
1967 · Series
The Emperor
1967 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Master Sessions with Walter Murch
Movie