AMERICAN SNIPER Wins OSCAR for Best Sound Editing

Alan Robert Murray and Bob Asman have won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for AMERICAN SNIPER.

Other nominees in the category were:

Martin Hernandez and Aaron Glascock, "Birdman'

Brent Burge and Jason Canovas, "The Hobbit: The Battle of THE FIVE Armies'

Richard King, "Interstellar'

Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro, "Unbroken' Sound Mixing

John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin, "American Sniper'

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and Thomas Varga, "Birdman'

Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten, "Interstellar'

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and David Lee, "Unbroken'

Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, "Whiplash'

Clint Eastwood directed "American Sniper" from a screenplay written by Jason Hall, based on the book by Chris Kyle, with Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen. Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller star in the film, produced by Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Cooper and Peter Morgan. Tim Moore, Jason Hall, Sheroum Kim, Steven Mnuchin and Bruce Berman served as executive producers.

"American Sniper" has earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Cooper), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jason Hall). In addition, Eastwood was honored by his peers with his fourth Directors Guild of America Award nomination and also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director. The film's other honors include a Producers Guild of America Award nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award nomination, and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The 87th Oscars are taking place tonight, Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and are being televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, is also being televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Neil Patrick Harris serves as host of this year's ceremony which features musical performances by Lady Gaga and Jack Black and an all star list of presenters including Meryl Streep, John Travolta and Kerry Washington.