WALTER MURCH 2015: FCPX, AVID, PREMIERE PRO

Walter Murch speaks openly about the state of play of the major editing systems in use in 2015.

In the aftermath of the end-of-life of the original Final Cut Pro, there are 3 main systems used by professionals: Abobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer.

Walter provides his perspective on what works for him, and his latest experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro.

As one who has experienced, and been part of, the process of technological change in cinema, Walter’s insights are deep and profound.

Watch part 2 of this interview: WALTER MURCH 2015: 4K TECHNOLOGY AND BEYOND

www.moviemachine.tv/video/walter-murch-2015-4k-technology-and-beyond/143188593/

Walter Murch Bio.

Walter Murch has been editing picture and mixing sound in Hollywood since starting on Francis Ford Coppolas film The Rain People (1969). He co-wrote, sound-edited and mixed George Lucass THX-1138 (1971), and then supervised the sound editing on The Godfather (1972), sound-edited and mixed American Graffiti (1973) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), got his first Academy Award nomination and won a double BAFTA for picture editing and mixing The Conversation (1974), won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now (1979), and an unprecedented double Oscar for sound and film editing for his work on The English Patient (1996).

Editing Credits

Tomorrowland 2015
Cutaways (Documentary short) 2014
Particle Fever (Documentary) 2013
Hemingway & Gellhorn (TV Movie) 2012
The Wolfman 2010
Tetro 2009
Youth Without Youth 2007
Jarhead 2005
Cold Mountain 2003
K-19: The Widowmaker 2002
The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
The English Patient 1996
First Knight 1995
I Love Trouble 1994
Romeo Is Bleeding  1993
House of Cards 1993
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (Video) 1992
The Godfather: Part III 1990
Ghost 1990
Call from Space (Short 1989
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988
Captain EO (Short) 1986
Apocalypse Now 1979
Julia 1977
The Conversation 1974
Touch of Evil (1998 re-edit) 1958

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (Short) (2003 release) 1894

Sound Department Credits

Cutaways (Documentary short) (sound designer) 2014
Particle Fever (Documentary) (sound re-recording mixer) 2013
Tetro (sound re-recordist) 2009
Youth Without Youth (sound re-recording mixer) 2007
Seeing in the Dark (TV Movie documentary) (sound mixer) 2007
Jarhead (re-recording mixer) 2005
Cold Mountain (sound re-recording mixer) 2003
K-19: The Widowmaker (sound re-recording mixer) 2002
The Talented Mr. Ripley (sound re-recording mixer) 1999
The English Patient (sound re-recording mixer) 1996
First Knight (sound re-recording mixer) 1994
Crumb (Documentary) (sound re-recording mixer) 1995
Romeo Is Bleeding (sound re-recordist) Â 1993
The Godfather: Part III (sound re-recording mixer) 1990
Ghost (sound re-recording mixer) 1990
Dragonslayer (sound re-recordist) 1981
Apocalypse Now (sound designer) / (sound montage) / (sound re-recording mixer) 1979
The Godfather: Part II (sound montage) / (sound re-recordist) 1974
The Conversation (re-recording) / (sound editor – uncredited) / (sound montage) 1974
American Graffiti (sound montage) / (sound re-recordist) 1973
THX 1138 (sound montage) 1971
Gimme Shelter (Documentary) (sound) 1970
The Great Walled City of Xan (Short) (sound) 1970
The Rain People (sound montage) 1969
The New Cinema (TV Movie documentary) (sound) 1968

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (Short) (sound designer – 2003 release) 1894