Walter Murch
Walter Murch
Walter Scott Murchis an American film editor 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, he has been referred to as "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth12 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
character mind stories
By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it - and what other things you don't hear - you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character,
editing cinema rooms
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
art persistence simple
Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.
weed flower garden
Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with a weed whacker; you don't yet know where the stems of the flowers are.