Hiro Murai

Hiro Murai
Born
1983 (age 40–41)

Tokyo, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2005–present
Websitehiromurai.com

Hiro Murai (born 1983)[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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").

  1. ^ "Music video by Tokyo-born filmmaker wins Grammy". Japan News. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Music Videos". www.hiromurai.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "Hiro Murai - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Emmy Awards. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

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