Walter Murch
Year Title Editor Sound Writer Director Notes
1894 The Dickson Experimental Sound Film Yes Yes No No First attempt in history to marry sound and picture . Murch succeeded in synchronizing the sound with the picture in 2000 , 106 years after the film was shot and recorded
1958 Touch of Evil Yes No No No Re-edited for a 1998 release version
1969 The Rain People No Yes No No Sound Montage and Re-recording
1971 THX-1138 No Yes Yes No Co-wrote the screenplay with George Lucas . Also credited with Sound Montage and Re-recording
1972 The Godfather No Yes No No Sound effects supervisor
1973 American Graffiti No Yes No No Sound Montage and Re-recording
1974 The Conversation Yes Yes No No Nominated - Academy Award for Best Sound with Art Rochester . Sound Montage and Re-recording
1977 Julia Yes No No No Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing . Co-edited with Marcel Durham
1979 Apocalypse Now Yes Yes No No Academy Award for Best Sound with Mark Berger , Richard Beggs , and Nat Boxer . Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing with Gerald B. Greenberg , Lisa Fruchtman and Richard Marks
1985 Return to Oz No No Yes Yes Co-wrote with Gill Dennis
1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Yes No No No
1990 Ghost Yes Yes No No Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1990 The Godfather Part III Yes Yes No No Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing with Barry Malkin and Lisa Fruchtman
1993 House of Cards Yes No No No
1993 Romeo Is Bleeding Yes Yes No No
1994 I Love Trouble Yes No No No
1995 First Knight Yes Yes No No
1996 The English Patient Yes Yes No No Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing with Mark Berger , David Parker , and Christopher Newman
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Yes Yes No No
2002 K-19 : The Widowmaker Yes Yes No No
Filmography -- Feature films
Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director and sound designer. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on 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.