Walter Murch

AKA:
Walter S Murch
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
07/12/1943
Birthplace:
New York, New York
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This acclaimed behind-the-scenes figure has enjoyed mutually beneficial long-term collaborations with filmmakers Francis Ford Coppola and USC film school classmate George Lucas. Skilled as both a film and sound editor, Murch played an important role in the creation of some of the signature films of the 1970s including "American Graffiti" (1973), "The Godfather, Part II" (1974) and "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Even after his ten-year association with American Zoetrope ended, Murch continued to work with Coppola and Lucas on later projects. Moreover, he has remained a leading technician in 90s Continued
Credits
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1971
Director
screenplay
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
As a freelancer, cut eductional films, commercials and documentaries in Los Angeles
 
Worked as production manager for United States Information Agency (USIA) film department
 
Relocated to San Francisco on the advice of former classmate George Lucas to collaborate with Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola
1968 
First collaboration with Lucas, served as sound editor and contributed to screenplay of Lucas' sci-fi student short "The Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138: 4EB"
 
Worked as an editor and sound mixer for Coppola's American Zoetrope company
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