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Alan Robert Murray Biography

Birth Name:Alan Robert Murray

Profession Sound department

Fast Facts

  • Received an International Press Academy Award for sound editing for his work on "Sicario․"
  • Was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for his work on "Sully․"
  • Is the father of editors Blu, Kevin and Hailey Murray
  • Started out working as a sound editor for Paramount Studios in the 1970s
  • Trained as a sound editor under Howard Beals, who served as the personal sound editor for director Cecil B․ DeMille
  • Often works on films produced by Clint Eastwood
  • Dropped a shipping container into a lake to record the sound needed to recreate the scene of a plane hitting water for the film "Sully․"

Awards

  • 1986Oscar-Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: nominated
  • 1986Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film: winner
  • 1989BAFTA Film Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 1990Oscar-Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: nominated
  • 1992ACCA-Best Sound: nominated
  • 1993BAFTA Film Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 1997Oscar-Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: nominated
  • 2001Oscar-Best Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2001Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film: nominated
  • 2002Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film: nominated
  • 2004Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Dialogue & ADR: nominated
  • 2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2005Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley: nominated
  • 2006Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Sound Effects & Foley: nominated
  • 2006Satellite Award-Best Sound (Editing & Mixing): nominated
  • 2007Oscar-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2007Oscar-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: winner
  • 2007Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film: Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement: winner
  • 2007Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film: Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement: nominated
  • 2007Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects and Foley for a Feature Film: winner
  • 2007Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects and Foley for a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2015Oscar-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: winner
  • 2015BAFTA Film Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Sound: nominated
  • 2015HPA Award-Outstanding Sound - Feature Film: winner
  • 2015INOCA-Best Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2015Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature: winner
  • 2016Oscar-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Sound: nominated
  • 2016HPA Award-Outstanding Sound - Feature Film: winner
  • 2016INOCA-Best Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2016Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2016Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2016Satellite Award-Best Sound (Editing & Mixing): nominated
  • 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Sound Design: nominated
  • 2017Oscar-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2017HPA Award-Outstanding Sound - Feature Film: nominated
  • 2017INOCA-Best Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2017Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2017Golden Reel Award-Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2017Artisan Award-: winner
  • 2018Capri Hollywood Award-Best Sound Editing: winner
  • 2018HPA Award-Outstanding Sound - Television: nominated
  • 2018HPA Award-Outstanding Sound - Television: nominated
  • 2019AMPS Award-Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2019ACCA-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2019BAFTA Film Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2019Gold Derby Film Award-Sound: nominated
  • 2019LEJA Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2019Satellite Award-Best Sound (Editing & Mixing): nominated
  • 2020Oscar-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: nominated
  • 2020AMPS Award-Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2020BAFTA Film Award-Best Sound: nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Sound: nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Sound of the Decade: nominated
  • 2020HPA Award-Outstanding Sound - Theatrical Feature: nominated
  • 2020Golden Reel Award-Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film: nominated
  • 2020Golden Reel Award-Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film: nominated