Walter Murch

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-07-12 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

New 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."

Production

1979

2005

Jarhead

as Editor

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Sound Designer

1990

Ghost

as Editor

1996

1974

The Conversation

as Sound Designer

1971

THX 1138

as Screenplay

1993

1994

1995

First Knight

as Editor

2009

Tetro

as Editor

2007

1985

Return to Oz

as Director

1996

The English Patient

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1979

The Black Stallion

as Screenplay

2013

1997

The Apostle

as Thanks

1972

The Godfather

as Post Production Consulting

1993

1969

The Rain People

as Sound Editor

2010

The Wolfman

as Editor

2003

Cold Mountain

as Editor

1995

First Knight

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2003

Cold Mountain

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1990

Ghost

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2015

Tomorrowland

as Editor

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1985

Return to Oz

as Screenplay

1989

1974

The Godfather Part II

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1971

THX 1138

as Sound Editor

1994

Crumb

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1974

The Godfather Part II

as Sound Editor

1981

Dragonslayer

as Sound Recordist

1970

2019

Coup 53

as Editor

2019

Coup 53

as Writer

1973

American Graffiti

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1973

American Graffiti

as Sound Editor

1974

The Conversation

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1990

The Godfather Part III

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1977

Julia

as Editor

2007

Youth Without Youth

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2024

Megalopolis

as Thanks

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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