Walter Murch
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."
Known for
![Her Name Was Moviola](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lWxi6K4AZfk27ggXe87u2nLGK6u.jpg)
Her Name Was Moviola
![The Cinema Within](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qmAI7rmuTrmvaIaeDvv5YZlbFve.jpg)
The Cinema Within
![Remembering Return to Oz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mXIfg3hQJSJqvwDulewwrolc58o.jpg)
Remembering Return to Oz
![Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iGDnovedS6p1f6ZWeFIX2CNojrK.jpg)
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
![Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jafF7jcl116rzohZydL1VfK1y2e.jpg)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
![Coup 53](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Ar7iq23QZNh0ZX57uPc8e2IasvD.jpg)
Coup 53
![Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o5fz4qNgI5nfDirf6UcX0SpAG6T.jpg)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
![78/52](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uwVm5DQrpKwc1boivK8zcpWfI4q.jpg)
78/52
![Tomorrowland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kziYpr5Nfw60P0My8aj1sgCEqed.jpg)
Tomorrowland
![Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vtHKaAS0pCrOASSg6wGmKlkqghh.jpg)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
![Particle Fever](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3MHs9BrHt6ZjlPvaL4CP1ULYV2Z.jpg)
Particle Fever
![Hemingway & Gellhorn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b3fdkG3S8z6ibGOIVZYWvQlZPl0.jpg)
Hemingway & Gellhorn
![Side by Side](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qeeQ7rfTAXNYh4EqqdolFLkNwKM.jpg)
Side by Side
![The Wolfman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/guedPkxdWYoi8zv9l05uWbKtbQ5.jpg)
The Wolfman
![Tetro](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/odrwsnieoyG76Yv3Qka0p93L6SI.jpg)
Tetro
![Star Wars: The Clone Wars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e1nWfnnCVqxS2LeTO3dwGyAsG2V.jpg)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
![The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/12U4SvIpOnXyknsgD3jacOMWfd.jpg)
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
![The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AddlT7WXb8YUbd4HLt7QvRCGIa6.jpg)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
![Youth Without Youth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uwcT2WbSmIzthuQmZCD592MH33l.jpg)
Youth Without Youth
![Fog City Mavericks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/llWBZyQEXXXf2KcEgZrW21XfriR.jpg)
Fog City Mavericks
![Murch: Walter Murch on Editing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vyDDcm4JNP220KkcJwIfOh646UF.jpg)
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
![Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/99fGuwEnc52cl0OjthXzLuhBID2.jpg)
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
![Jarhead](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/55WJCdayHwoXJwRv3prpqscHt2q.jpg)
Jarhead
![George Lucas: Creating an Empire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zT2kz3BRGGa6cVEN3fC8gtuOrmV.jpg)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
![The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9JtP59nLfx2ssMbNgIwN6atAqB8.jpg)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
![A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8QrkSwIAUte8IaNruwKUZkbHMRt.jpg)
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
![Cold Mountain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/32MsALfK6shuSopCrFjSNoxDc5p.jpg)
Cold Mountain
![K-19: The Widowmaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ojUbKgXLeGr67XCuGVfU9KZh2rg.jpg)
K-19: The Widowmaker
![The Talented Mr. Ripley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6ojHgqtIR41O2qLKa7LFUVj0cZa.jpg)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
![The Making of 'American Graffiti'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rWOoDICghhR1cPbyPGm4ii6ucTo.jpg)
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
![The Apostle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jFCpQF6k1ksC7dLUJBgYvNwwlVe.jpg)
The Apostle
![The English Patient](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8eHHqMg8qEYtVw8LQLygsHXSR2q.jpg)
The English Patient
![First Knight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xuXkCcrvUTkehVXuTGpnfySsx0Z.jpg)
First Knight
![Crumb](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oJWGWzaYdYG4mkQK6sbus5Tenho.jpg)
Crumb
![I Love Trouble](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lXpbYJQJ7tvYZ8S29Nwpzsh07PN.jpg)
I Love Trouble
![Romeo Is Bleeding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mgCwAZBG0PCkZflC6nzsxwvG2vu.jpg)
Romeo Is Bleeding
![House of Cards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cmZTyKkjlchMjhgzvnpfkxIglqJ.jpg)
House of Cards
![The Godfather Part III](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lm3pQ2QoQ16pextRsmnUbG2onES.jpg)
The Godfather Part III
![Ghost](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w9RaPHov8oM5cnzeE27isnFMsvS.jpg)
Ghost
![The Godfather Family: A Look Inside](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jDdybr7reoVABPthX9OSlazvncD.jpg)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
![Call from Space](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/exb2lcA3n0cdyzrNc0nCrL53BvS.jpg)
Call from Space
![The Unbearable Lightness of Being](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g1kPEwATsCI8DnGx6ViAhUVKQSI.jpg)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
![Captain EO](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p5txVytUOKpEQ869oKfT6wimTYg.jpg)
Captain EO
![Return to Oz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zKaH6CbrgxNLw9lsEinLxx173Tw.jpg)
Return to Oz
![Dragonslayer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a1VkuAoRnpr04S4RGhTRd8ff7gq.jpg)
Dragonslayer
![The Black Stallion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uZtNc31LR5Ik3ZVo2jxwOvhkNRC.jpg)
The Black Stallion
![Apocalypse Now](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gQB8Y5RCMkv2zwzFHbUJX3kAhvA.jpg)
Apocalypse Now
![Julia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qHtPzs9eVCilp88c1arq73gH6xk.jpg)
Julia
![The Godfather Part II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hek3koDUyRQk7FIhPXsa6mT2Zc3.jpg)
The Godfather Part II
![The Conversation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/leZtiWJXHEp2x7jVW7djhcSboSJ.jpg)
The Conversation
![American Graffiti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zjoHTqwbXQkG7eX00Vno8NkvCKc.jpg)
American Graffiti
![The Godfather](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3bhkrj58Vtu7enYsRolD1fZdja1.jpg)
The Godfather
![THX 1138](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/25cQH5gZ60BiA5Y91HxoPpnFiY0.jpg)
THX 1138
![Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ubqE8fvILtl0L26RQXmA767VVfi.jpg)
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
![Gimme Shelter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fFLKCqI7nfkie9V1LmBLljiNV4j.jpg)
Gimme Shelter
![The Rain People](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v7QoTc6glt5zEpE05Wg5sFgH0Lf.jpg)
The Rain People
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars