Walter Murch

Walter Murch is, honestly, one of my heroes in this whole database. Editing and mixing sound on Apocalypse Now, The Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, American Graffiti and The English Patient is a resume most artists would kill for, and he made three Academy wins from nine nominations look almost inevitable. What fascinates me is that he works in the invisible crafts; editing and sound design shape how we feel a film without us ever noticing the hand behind it. He's a thinker as much as a technician, and I genuinely believe his fingerprints are on the modern grammar of cinema itself. Quietly monumental.

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).

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Name (English)

Walter Murch

Name (Japanese)

ウォルター・マーチ

Reading

うぉるたー・まーち

Born

July 12, 1943 (age 82)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

film editor / sound designer / screenwriter / film director / director

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Johns Hopkins University

Awards & achievements

• 1997 Academy Award for Best Film Editing
• 1980 Academy Award for Best Sound
• 1997 Academy Award for Best Sound

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81

Tags

• New York
• film editor
• sound designer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.