Alan Robert Murray


Alan Robert Murray is a sound editor.
Murray has been nominated for ten Academy Awards. In 2007, Murray won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for his work on Letters from Iwo Jima. In 2015, Murray won his second Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for his work on American Sniper. 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.

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.
YearFilmCollaboratorResult
1986 LadyhawkeRobert G. HendersonNominated
1990 Lethal Weapon 2Robert G. HendersonNominated
1997 EraserBub AsmanNominated
2001 Space CowboysBub AsmanNominated
2007 Letters from Iwo JimaBub AsmanWon
2007 Flags of Our FathersBub AsmanNominated
2015 American SniperBub AsmanWon
2016 Sicario—Nominated
2017 SullyBub AsmanNominated
2020 Joker-Nominated