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Walter Murch

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Walter Murch has been editing sound in Hollywood since starting on Francis Ford Coppola's film The Rain People (1969). He edited sound on American Graffiti (1973) and The Godfather Part II (1974), won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation (1974), won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now (1979), and won an unprecedented double Oscar for Best Sound and Best Film Editing for his work on The English Patient (1996). Most recently he helped reconstruct Touch of Evil (1958) to Orson Welles' original notes, and edited The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). Mr. Murch was, along with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, a founding member of northern California cinema. Mr. Murch has directed --Return to Oz (1985) -- and longs to do so again, but as an editor and sound man he is one of the few universally acknowledged masters in his field. For his work on the film "Apocalypse Now (1979)", Walter coined the term "sound designer", and along with colleagues such as Ben Burtt, helped to elevate the art and impact of film sound to a new level.
BornJuly 12, 1943
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  • Won 3 Oscars

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Known for

Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)
The English Patient
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  • Sound Department
  • 1996
Gene Hackman in The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation
7.8
  • Sound Department
  • 1974
Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now
8.5
  • Sound Department
  • 1979
THX 1138 (1971)
THX 1138
6.7
  • Sound Department
  • 1971

Credits

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Sound Department

  • Cutaways
  • Particle Fever (2013)
    Particle Fever
  • Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich in Tetro (2009)
    Tetro
  • Youth Without Youth (2007)
    Youth Without Youth
  • Seeing in the Dark (2007)
    Seeing in the Dark
  • Jarhead (2005)
    Jarhead
  • Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
    Cold Mountain
  • Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
    K-19: The Widowmaker
  • Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)
    The English Patient
  • First Knight (1995)
    First Knight
  • Crumb (1994)
    Crumb
  • Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
    Romeo Is Bleeding
  • Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Sofia Coppola, and Talia Shire in The Godfather Part III (1990)
    The Godfather Part III
  • Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)
    Ghost

Editor

  • Coup 53 (2019)
    Coup 53
  • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
    Tomorrowland
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  • Cutaways
  • Particle Fever (2013)
    Particle Fever
  • Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
    Hemingway & Gellhorn
  • Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving, and Emily Blunt in The Wolfman (2010)
    The Wolfman
  • Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich in Tetro (2009)
    Tetro
  • Youth Without Youth (2007)
    Youth Without Youth
  • Jarhead (2005)
    Jarhead
  • Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
    Cold Mountain
  • Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
    K-19: The Widowmaker
  • Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)
    The English Patient
  • First Knight (1995)
    First Knight
  • Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble (1994)
    I Love Trouble

Editorial Department

  • William Kentridge in Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (2022)
    Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot
  • We Are Many (2014)
    We Are Many
  • Here (2011)
    Here
  • Dumbarton Bridge (1999)
    Dumbarton Bridge
  • Gene Hackman in The Conversation (1974)
    The Conversation
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)
    The Godfather

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Personal details

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    • July 12, 1943
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • Aggie MurchAugust 6, 1965 - present (2 children)
    • Walter Slater Murch
  • Other works
    Book: "In the Blink of an Eye" First Edition, 1995, Second Edition, 2001
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article

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    Introduced Hollywood to the idea of editing films on the non-linear Mac based program Final Cut Pro rather than the Avid. Since then, has gone back to Avid Media Composer.
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