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Hiro Murai

Film Director / Celebrity | * 02/01/1982 (42) | Tokyo (Japan)
Hiro Murai (born 1983) is a Japanese-born American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He is best-known for music videos for Childish Gambino, Earl Sweatshirt, Chet Faker and others. He rose to prominence with his work on the FX series Atlanta (2016–2022), created by and starring frequent collaborator Donald Glover, on which he served as a director and producer. For his work on the series, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He would also serve as a director on four episodes on the HBO comedy-drama series Barry (2018–2023), and as a director and executive producer on the HBO limited series Station Eleven (2021–2022), the latter of which also garnered him a further Primetime Emmy Award nomination. His music video and television work has received widespread acclaim, and garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award (for his work as an executive producer on the Hulu series The Bear) and a Grammy Award (for his work on "This Is America"). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Movies with Hiro Murai as Crew(7)

Directing/Director2023 Man Alive
Production/Producer2023 Where I End
Directing/Director2020 Sad Day
Production/Producer2020 Sad Day
Directing/Director2019 Guava Island
Production/Executive Producer2019 Guava Island
Directing/Director2013 Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

TV Shows/Series with Hiro Murai as Crew(12)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Production/Executive Producer2022 The Bear
Production/Executive Producer2021 Station Eleven
Directing/Director2021 Station Eleven
Directing/Director2018 Barry
Directing/Director2017 Snowfall
Directing/Director2017 Legion
Directing/Director2016 Atlanta
Production/Producer2016 Atlanta
Production/Co-Executive Producer2016 Atlanta
Production/Executive Producer2016 Atlanta
Crew/Cinematography2007 Drunk History

Additional Information

Full Name: Hiro Murai
Born: Monday, 02/01 1982 (February) in Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 42 years + 56 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA)
Educated at: USC School of Cinematic Arts
Other names for Hiro Murai (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"ひろ むらい"
Hiro Murai frequently works together with these people:
Donald Glover (14x, Actor)
Nate Matteson (7x, Crew)
Stephen Glover (6x, Crew)
Bill Hader (5x, Actor)
Alec Berg (4x, Crew)
Noah Hawley (4x, Crew)
Francesca Sloane (4x, Crew)
Ibra Ake (4x, Crew)
Matty Matheson (3x, Actor)
Joanna Calo (3x, Crew)
Danielle Hinde (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:507601, Added: 10/05/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024