Film and Video Editing Theory

3 Hollywood Theorists: Edward Dmytryk and Walter Murch

Editing theories have been advanced not just by academics, but also by Hollywood editors, working professionals whose immersion in the art and craft of editing led them to write significant tracts offering their insights on how editing “works.” Edward Dmytryk and Walter Murch are two such theorists. Between them, they have edited 46 feature length films, television films or shorts. Dmytryk went on to direct 55 features, including Crossfire (Dmytryk, 1954), which was nominated for an Academy Award. Murch has won three Academy Awards, one for Best Editing The English Patient (Minghella, 1996) and two for Best Sound, The English Patient and Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979). Their immersion in ...