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From: Web of Stories <I To: [email protected]> Subject: New to Web of Stories! Film editor Walter Murch talks about his life and work Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 13:11:40 +0000 New to Web of Stories! EFTA00716502 Web of Stories is delighted to announce the availability of the first part of a unique series of videos in which film editor Walter Murch talks about his life and career. The recordings, made in April 2016, are now free to view on the Web of Stories website (www.webofstories.com). The second part of the series will be available soon. Walter Scott Murch is widely recognised as one of the leading authorities in the field of film editing, as well as one of the few film editors equally active in both picture and sound. Born in 1943 in New York City, Murch graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. His career stretches back to EFTA00716503 1969 and includes work on Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and Ill, American Graffiti, The Conversation, and The English Patient. He has been referred to as "the most respected film editor and sound designer in modern cinema." In a career that spans over 40 years, Murch is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola, beginning in 1969 with The Rain People. After working with George Lucas on THX 1138 (1971), which he co- wrote, and American Graffiti (1973), Murch returned to Coppola in 1974 for The Conversation, resulting in his first Academy Award nomination. Murch's pioneering achievements were acknowledged by Coppola in his follow-up film, the 1979 Palme d'Or winner Apocalypse Now, for which Murch was granted, in what is seen as a film-history first, the screen credit "Sound Designer." Murch has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and has won three, for Best Sound on Apocalypse Now (for which he and his collaborators devised the now-standard 5.1 sound format), and achieving an unprecedented double when he won both Best Film Editing and Best Sound for his work on The English Patient. Murch's contributions to film reconstruction include 2001's Apocalypse Now: Redux and the 1998 re-edit of Orson Welles's Touch of Evil. He is also the director and co-writer of Return to Oz (1985). In 1995, Murch published a book on film editing, In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, in which he urges editors to prioritise emotion. In the recordings made for Web of Stories, he speaks about his childhood, the challenges inherent in the life of a film editor, working with directors Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Anthony Minghella, Fred Zinnemann and Kathryn Bigelow, as well as his own troubled directorial debut — Return to Oz. Find Out More ABOUT WEB OF STORIES Web of Stories began as an archive of life stories told by some of the great scientists EFTA00716504 of our time. As the number of stories grew. it became obvious that some were on related topics and a web was slowly being created of connected stories. After a while, we also invited famous people outside the field of science to tell their life stories. Our aim has been to provide an archive of stories from people who have influenced our world. Imagine, in a hundred years' time. future generations being able to watch people like Stan Lee. Doris Lessing or James Watson telling stories about their lives and their achievements. Copyright 2017 Web of Stories, Al! rights reserved. You have received this message because you asked to receive updates from Web of Stories. For further information or enquiries please contact . If you do not wish to receive any further messages, please email with 'Unsubscribe in the subject line. To ensure you receive news and updates from Web of Stories, please add to your safelist. Web of Stories Ltd I Science Navigation Group I Registered in England and Wales with Company Number 4689627. Middlesex House. 34.42 Cleveland Street I London, W1T 4LB j United Kingdom Our mailing address is: Web of Stories Middlesex House 34-42 Cleveland Street London, Greater London WIT 4LB United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list I P , Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp EFTA00716505