Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor and sound designer. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I and II, American Graffiti and The English Patient, including three Academy Award wins (from six nominations for editing and three for sound mixing), he has been referred to as, "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema. "