1943 - Today
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 involved with the editing 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
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Murch has received more than 570,260 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Murch is the 1,172nd most popular film director (down from 1,027th in 2019), the 7,814th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,040th in 2019) and the 315th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Walter Murch ranks 1,172 out of 1,581. Before him are Niels Arden Oplev, Rachid Bouchareb, John Seale, David R. Ellis, Eric Kripke, and Wesley Ruggles. After him are Abderrahmane Sissako, Jason Reitman, Bahman Ghobadi, Marco Tullio Giordana, Bruno Barreto, and Cédric Klapisch.
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 1,166
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 1,167
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 1,168
1952 - 2013
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 1,169
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 1,170
1889 - 1972
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 1,171
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 1,172
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 1,173
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 1,174
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 1,175
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 1,176
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 1,177
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 1,178
Among people born in 1943, Walter Murch ranks 479. Before him are Patrick D'Rozario, Toni Basil, Eduardo Serra, Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Foppe de Haan, and Kenny Barron. After him are Richard Eyre, Sly Stone, Willie Davenport, Wilfried Puis, Charles P. Thacker, and Manfred Schnelldorfer.
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 473
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 474
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 475
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 476
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 477
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 478
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 479
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 480
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 481
1943 - 2002
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 482
1943 - 1981
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 483
1943 - 2017
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 484
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 485
Among people born in United States, Walter Murch ranks 7,814 out of 18,182. Before him are Karl Struss (1886), David R. Ellis (1952), Laura Leighton (1968), Eric Kripke (1974), Wesley Ruggles (1889), and Hoyt Axton (1938). After him are Ashley Greene (1987), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Frank Knox (1874), Roy Cochran (1919), and Norman Foster (1903).
1886 - 1981
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 7,808
1952 - 2013
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 7,809
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 7,810
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 7,811
1889 - 1972
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,812
1938 - 1999
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,813
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,814
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,815
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,816
1929 - 2020
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,817
1874 - 1944
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,818
1919 - 1981
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 7,819
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 7,820
Among film directors born in United States, Walter Murch ranks 315. Before him are Rian Johnson (1973), Marc Webb (1974), Chad Stahelski (1968), David R. Ellis (1952), Eric Kripke (1974), and Wesley Ruggles (1889). After him are Howard Deutch (1950), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Frank Tashlin (1913), Wally Pfister (1961), Lewis Teague (1938), and Alfred E. Green (1889).
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 309
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 310
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 311
1952 - 2013
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 312
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 313
1889 - 1972
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 314
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 315
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 316
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 317
1913 - 1972
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 318
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 319
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 320
1889 - 1960
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 321