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FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Murch

1943 - Today

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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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  • 570k

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  • 44.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

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  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walter Murch ranks 1,172 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Walter Murch ranks 479Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Murch ranks 7,814 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Walter Murch ranks 315Before 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).

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