FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Murch

1943 - Today

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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 the first person to receive a credit as "Sound Designer." Murch was also the editor and re-recording mixer of Apocalypse Now Redux. In 1998, producer Rick Schmidlin chose Murch as his editor for the restoration of Orson Welles's Touch of Evil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Murch is the 1,228th most popular film director (down from 1,213th in 2019), the 8,790th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,016th in 2019) and the 325th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walter Murch ranks 1,228 out of 2,041. Before him are Alain Guiraudie, Daniel Mann, Travis Knight, Richard Kelly, Peter Del Monte, and Vadim Perelman. After him are Anthony Harvey, Férid Boughedir, Mario Mattoli, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Kurt Hoffmann, and Monte Hellman.

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Among people born in 1943, Walter Murch ranks 555. Before him are Ahmed Sofa, Frank Shu, Lubomir Kavalek, Kurt Helmudt, Peter Del Monte, and Xaviera Hollander. After him are Cosimo Pinto, Dieter Kottysch, Kevin Dobson, François Mazet, Dave Bing, and Foppe de Haan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Murch ranks 8,792 out of 20,380. Before him are Lance Larson (1940), Charles S. Dutton (1951), Bella Abzug (1920), Madeline Miller (1978), Kari Lake (1969), and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950). After him are Stuart Hameroff (1947), Barry McGuire (1935), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Preston Tucker (1903), and Eben Moglen (1959).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Walter Murch ranks 325. Before him are Archie Mayo (1891), Tay Garnett (1894), Daniel Mann (1912), Travis Knight (1973), Richard Kelly (1975), and Peter Del Monte (1943). After him are Monte Hellman (1932), Robert Kramer (1939), Frank Pierson (1925), J. Searle Dawley (1877), Jack Sholder (1945), and James Gray (1969).

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