About
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...
Known for
Star Wars: The Clone WarsSeries • 2008
The GodfatherMovie • 1972
The Godfather Part IIMovie • 1974
GhostMovie • 1990
The Godfather Part IIIMovie • 1990
Apocalypse NowMovie • 1979
K-19: The WidowmakerMovie • 2002
THX 1138Movie • 1971
TomorrowlandMovie • 2015
The Talented Mr. RipleyMovie • 1999
MegalopolisMovie • 2024
The ConversationMovie • 1974
First KnightMovie • 1995
The WolfmanMovie • 2010
The English PatientMovie • 1996
JarheadMovie • 2005
Cold MountainMovie • 2003
American GraffitiMovie • 1973
Hemingway & GellhornMovie • 2012
Captain EOMovie • 1986
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMovie • 1988
House of CardsMovie • 1993
CrumbMovie • 1995
Return to OzMovie • 1985