Alan Robert Murray

Alan Robert Murray (July 30, 1954 – February 24, 2021) was an American sound editor.

Murray was nominated for ten Academy Awards. In 2007, Murray won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for his work on Letters from Iwo Jima (2005). In 2015, Murray won his second Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for his work on American Sniper (2014). He shared both awards with Bub Asman. Murray earned his tenth nomination at the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for Joker, setting record for the Sound Editing category. He died in Los Angeles on February 24, 2021, at age 66.

Academy Awards With ten nominations, Alan Robert Murray has set a record for becoming the most-nominated sound editor for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing category, surpassed Richard Hymns with nine nominations. Year Film Collaborator Result 1986 (58th) Ladyhawke Robert G. Henderson 1990 (62nd) Lethal Weapon 2 1997 (69th) Eraser Bub Asman 2001 (73rd) Space Cowboys 2007 (79th) Letters from Iwo Jima Flags of Our Fathers 2015 (87th) American Sniper 2016 (88th) Sicario — 2017 (89th) Sully Bub Asman 2020 (92nd) Joker -