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Walter Murch

Walter Murch

Known For Editing
Birthday Jul 12, 1943 (82)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated May 22, 2026
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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.

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Filmography

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Her Name Was Moviola

Her Name Was Moviola

2024

Writer

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

Thanks

Coup 53

Coup 53

2019

Writer, Editor

Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland

2015

Editor

Particle Fever

Particle Fever

2013

Editor

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

Editor

The Wolfman

The Wolfman

2010

Editor

Tetro

Tetro

2009

Editor

Youth Without Youth

Youth Without Youth

2007

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

Jarhead

Jarhead

2005

Editor

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

2003

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

Editor

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

The Apostle

The Apostle

1997

Thanks

The English Patient

The English Patient

1996

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

First Knight

First Knight

1995

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

Crumb

Crumb

1994

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

1994

Editor

House of Cards

House of Cards

1993

Editor

Romeo Is Bleeding

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993

Editor

Ghost

Ghost

1990

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

The Godfather Part III

The Godfather Part III

1990

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor

Call from Space

Call from Space

1989

Editor

Return to Oz

Return to Oz

1985

Screenplay

Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer

1981

Sound Recordist

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

1979

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor, Sound Designer

The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion

1979

Screenplay

Julia

Julia

1977

Editor

The Conversation

The Conversation

1974

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974

Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor

American Graffiti

American Graffiti

1973

Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Godfather

The Godfather

1972

Post Production Consulting

THX 1138

THX 1138

1971

Screenplay, Sound Editor

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

1970

Sound

The Rain People

The Rain People

1969

Sound Editor

Return to Oz

Return to Oz

1985

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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