July 31, 2025
Academy Award-Winning Film Legend Walter Murch Comes To ArtCenter For An Exclusive Conversation And Book Signing
An Evening with Walter Murch
Wednesday, August 13 in ArtCenter’s Ahmanson Theater
Pasadena, Calif.
WHAT:
ArtCenter College of Design presents a rare public conversation and audience Q&A with one of film’s most celebrated creatives—Academy Award®-winning film editor, sound designer, screenwriter, director and author Walter Murch. ArtCenter Film faculty member Stephen Berkman will lead a wide-ranging discussion with Murch on the past and future of filmmaking, highlights from Murch’s six-decade career and insights from his new book, Suddenly Something Clicked: The Languages of Film Editing and Sound Design.
Murch’s groundbreaking work on movie classics such as Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, and The Godfather trilogy has forever changed modern cinema, inspired new generations of filmmakers and delighted audiences.
Following the conversation, Walter Murch and his wife, author Muriel “Aggie” Murch, will sign copies of their books: Suddenly Something Clicked by Walter Murch, (the first volume of a three-book set), and Harvesting History: While Farming the Flats by Muriel Murch. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Three films from Walter Murch’s body of work will be screened on three consecutive evenings preceding the public event.
WHEN:
An Evening with Walter Murch
Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 6:30 PM
WHERE:
Ahmanson Auditorium, Hillside Campus
ArtCenter College of Design, 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, CA 91103
ADMISSION:
FREE with RSVP
(Seats first come, first served; RSVP does not guarantee admission)
RELATED EVENTS:
Free Screenings:
- Tuesday, August 5 – Apocalypse Now
- Wednesday, August 6 – The Conversation
- Thursday, August 7 – Her Name was Moviola (New documentary about Walter Murch)
All screenings begin at 6:00 PM in the Ahmanson Auditorium, ArtCenter’s Hillside Campus. No RSVP is required for the screenings.
BIO:
Walter Murch has been editing film and designing soundtracks for sixty years. His work includes all three Godfather films, THX-1138, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Julia, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain and Jarhead. He is both the author and subject of numerous books, including Blink of an Eye (1995) and the recently published Suddenly Something Clicked: The Languages of Film Editing and Sound Design (2025). He has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and nine BAFTAs, winning three of each. The American Film Institute will confer upon Murch an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at its AFI Conservatory commencement ceremony on August 8, 2025.
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