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."
Academy Awards
Best Sound
Best Film Editing
Known For
The Godfather Part III
(1990)
Editor
Ghost
(1990)
Editor
Tomorrowland
(2015)
Editor
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Editor
Jarhead
(2005)
Editor
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(1999)
Editor
The Wolfman
(2010)
Editor
First Knight
(1995)
Editor
K-19: The Widowmaker
(2002)
Editor
Cold Mountain
(2003)
Editor
The English Patient
(1996)
Editor
Romeo Is Bleeding
(1993)
Editor
Hemingway & Gellhorn
(2012)
Editor
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
(1988)
Editor
I Love Trouble
(1994)
Editor
Youth Without Youth
(2007)
Editor
Full Filmography
Editing
Julia
(1977)
Editor
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Editor
Captain EO
(1986)
Editor
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
(1988)
Editor
Call from Space
(1989)
Editor
The Godfather Part III
(1990)
Editor
Ghost
(1990)
Editor
Romeo Is Bleeding
(1993)
Editor
House of Cards
(1993)
Editor
I Love Trouble
(1994)
Editor
First Knight
(1995)
Editor
The English Patient
(1996)
Editor
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(1999)
Editor
K-19: The Widowmaker
(2002)
Editor
Cold Mountain
(2003)
Editor
Jarhead
(2005)
Editor
Youth Without Youth
(2007)
Editor
Tetro
(2009)
Editor
The Wolfman
(2010)
Editor
Hemingway & Gellhorn
(2012)
Editor
Particle Fever
(2013)
Editor
Tomorrowland
(2015)
Editor
Coup 53
(2019)
Editor
Acting
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
(1971)
Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
(1990)
Self
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
(1998)
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
(2004)
Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
(2004)
Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
(2004)
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
(2005)
Self
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
(2006)
Self
Murch: Walter Murch on Editing
(2007)
Himself
Fog City Mavericks
(2007)
Self
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
(2008)
Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
(2008)
Self
Side by Side
(2012)
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
(2014)
Self - Film and Sound Editor
78/52
(2017)
Self
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
(2018)
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(2019)
Self
Coup 53
(2019)
Self - Film Editor
Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch
(2020)
Himself
Remembering Return to Oz
(2021)
Self
The Cinema Within
(2023)
Sound
The Rain People
(1969)
Sound Editor
Gimme Shelter
(1970)
Sound
THX 1138
(1971)
Sound Editor
American Graffiti
(1973)
Sound Editor and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Conversation
(1974)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Godfather Part II
(1974)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Editor
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Sound Designer
Dragonslayer
(1981)
Sound Recordist
Ghost
(1990)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Godfather Part III
(1990)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crumb
(1994)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
First Knight
(1995)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The English Patient
(1996)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(1999)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cold Mountain
(2003)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Youth Without Youth
(2007)
Sound Designer
Writing
THX 1138
(1971)
Screenplay
The Black Stallion
(1979)
Screenplay
Return to Oz
(1985)
Screenplay
Coup 53
(2019)
Writer
Crew
Directing