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

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

. In

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, Murray won the

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing The Academy Award for Best Sound Editing was an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound design or sound editing. Sound editing is the creation of sound effects (such as foley). The award was usually ...

for his work on ''

Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 Japanese-language American war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion pie ...

'' (2005). In

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, Murray won his second Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for his work on ''

American Sniper ''American Sniper'' is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. It is loosely based on the memoir ''American Sniper'' (2012) by Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The film fo ...

'' (2014). He shared both awards with

Bub Asman Bub Asman (born August 17, 1949, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Sound editor (filmmaking), sound editor known for his collaborations with director Clint Eastwood. He and his colleagues on the 2006 film ''Letters from Iwo Jima'' won the Academy Awa ...

. 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

category, surpassed

Richard Hymns Richard Hymns (born 18 July 1947) is an English sound editor. He won three Academy Awards for his work on ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', ''Jurassic Park'' and ''Saving Private Ryan''. He was also nominated for nine more in the category ...

with nine nominations.

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* 1954 births 2021 deaths Best Sound Editing Academy Award winners Place of birth missing Place of death missing American sound editors American film editors {{US-film-editor-stub