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Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer.
Walter Murch. Sound Department: The English Patient. Walter Murch has been editing sound in Hollywood since starting on Francis Ford Coppola's film The Rain People (1969).
May 28, 2024 · In Walter Murch's, In the Blink of an Eye book, “The Rule of Six” chapter discusses how to create the best cut possible. Murch states that there are six elements needed to make a cut work. He breaks it down in the order of their importance, and we’ve laid them out below.
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 ...
Apr 8, 2017 · Walter Murch is the Godfather of sound design. A graduate from USC film school, his groundbreaking work with George Lucas ( THX-1138, American Graffiti) and Francis Coppola ( The...
This feature-length documentary, approved by legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch himself (“The Conversation”, “Apocalypse Now”), was culled by Jon Lefkovitz from over 50 hours of Murch's lectures, interviews, and commentaries.
In the Blink of an Eye is editor Walter Murch's essay of film editing. Starting with what might seem to be the most basic editing question - Why do cuts work? - he treats the reader to a marvelous "ride" through the esthetics and practical concerns of cutting film.
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Jan 18, 2023 · Watching a documentary on film history, editor Walter Murch was struck by how different cinematographers tended to frame faces in close-ups similarly. “I noticed something peculiar,” he said. “No matter what the film was, the eyes of performers in close-up seemed to float along the same line from shot to shot.”.
Nov 6, 2015 · Murch spoke about his process, the challenges inherent in the life of an editor, working with Coppola, George Lucas and Kathryn Bigelow, and his troubled directorial debut,...
Jan 14, 2022 · “The Godfather” of modern sound design Walter Murch looks back at the first film he edited for Coppola and his groundbreaking sound work.
