Murch, Walter Scott, 1943-

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Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943, New York City), American film editor, director, writer and sound designer. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on THX 1138, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and III, American Graffiti, The Conversation, and The English Patient, with three Academy Award wins (from nine nominations: six for picture editing and three for sound mixing), he has been referred to by Roger Ebert as "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema.
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referencedIn Murch, Walter, 1907-1967 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf MURCH, WALTER. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Murch, Walter. Walter Tandy Murch : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Murch, Walter. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection. Harvard Film Archive, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn American Federation of Arts records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Brooklyn Museum. Listening to pictures : interviews. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Walter Tandy Murch papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Murch, Walter. Return to Oz (screenplay) / Walter Murch and Gill Dennis. Wichita Public Library
referencedIn Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists Archives of American Art
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. Walter Murch Retrospective. 1967-1968. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists Archives of American Art
creatorOf Lucas, George. THX 1138 : [screenplay] / by George Lucas and Walter Murch. Broken Bow Public Library
creatorOf Lee Nordness business records and papers Archives of American Art
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Walter Murch Archives of American Art
creatorOf Walter Murch interview Archives of American Art
creatorOf Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists Archives of American Art
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associatedWith American Art Expositions (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith American Federation of Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. person
associatedWith Betty Parsons Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988. person
associatedWith Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993. person
associatedWith Bonnard, Pierre, 1867-1947. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. corporateBody
associatedWith Cornell, Joseph. person
associatedWith Dennis, Gill. person
associatedWith Dubuffet, Jean, 1901- person
associatedWith Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997. person
associatedWith Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907- person
associatedWith Gonzalez, Xavier, 1898-1993. person
associatedWith Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948. person
associatedWith Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. person
associatedWith Lucas, George. person
associatedWith Murch, Katherine. person
associatedWith Murch, Walter Scott. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Parsons, Betty. person
associatedWith Rhode Island School of Design. corporateBody
associatedWith Scott, Katharine. person
associatedWith Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910- person
associatedWith Snyder, Leo. person
associatedWith Yaddo (Artist's colony) corporateBody
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New York (State)--New York
United States
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)
United States
Subject
Art, Modern
Art, American
Art
Artists' studios
Art teachers
Feature films
Film adaptations
Motion picture plays
Mural painting and decoration
Painters
Painters
Painting, American
Sculptors
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Birth 1943-07-12

Americans

English

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