Walter Murch

Person · Open Library

Born

1943

Works

9

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Film & TV

New York City, New York, USA

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…

Known for

• Vivien’s Wild Ride — Himself2025
• Her Name Was Moviola — Self2024
• The Cinema Within2024
• Remembering Return to Oz — Self2021
• Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch — Himself2020
• Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound — Self2019
• Coup 53 — Self - Film Editor2019
• Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché — Self2018
• 78/52 — Self2017
• Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles — Self - Film and Sound Editor2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

328

Total plays

5,038

Walter Murch was born in 1943. In his childhood he experimented with a tape recorder and was inspired by listening to musique concrete. He studied at Johns Hopkins University, in Italy and France, and then at the University of Southern California. Friendships with student colleagues George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Matthew Robbins led to him becoming a film editor. Since 1969, he has worked as sound editor, editor, co-writer, or director on films such as THX1138 (1970) <a href="https://ww

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Walter

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

New York City

Occupation

writer

Languages spoken

Italian

Award

Academy Award for Best Sound

Participant in

Documenta 6

Image

Walter Murch (33906703628).jpg

Work location

United States

Residence

Bolinas

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