Overview
Walter Murch
Known For
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
Legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch talks about...
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers...
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French...
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of...
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Members of the crew recall the post-production process on the...
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Milan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though...
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."