Day 1: Redefining Our New “Normal” with Walter Murch

Walter Murch (ACE, MPSE) is an American film editor, director, writer, sound designer, and author. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on THX1138, 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.”

INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Walter’s wild ride through Hollywood and how he survived its toughest transitions
• Why being an early adopter might be your greatest creative advantage today
• How AI can support great storytelling without killing human creativity
• Would you rather be a controlled black box or a spontaneous snowflake?
• What hasn’t changed in storytelling since ancient fireside tales—and why it still matters
• Walter’s take on film’s mythic impact and how good stories align your three “brains”
• How Walter stay sharp, creative, and sane after six decades of success
• What story could pull us all together in this fractured, chaotic world?

RESOURCES:

Walter’s book: In The Blink Of An Eye

The Walter Murch-opedia

Milan Kundera

Dwight Eisenhower

Chris Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey

Using the Hero’s Journey to Write Better Stories (and Live a Better Life) | with Chris Vogler

Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces

How We are “Wired to Create”, What It Means to Be a “Creative”, and How We Can Leverage Our Unique Gifts | with Scott Barry Kaufman