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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.
Hiro Murai was born on 15 July 1983. He is a producer and director, known for Station Eleven (2021), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024) and Atlanta (2016).
May 7, 2018 · A Tokyo-born filmmaker who moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Murai is best known for the projects he’s done with Glover as...
May 10, 2018 · Mr. Murai, 34, has been Mr. Glover’s go-to director since they partnered on the short film “Clapping for the Wrong Reasons” in 2013, carrying through Mr. Glover’s music videos as Childish...
May 25, 2022 · Murai—who has directed 20 of the 31 episodes of Atlanta, including its first five and the series-shaping finales of season 1 and 2—has been a key player in making the show what it is. He’s ...
Nov 10, 2022 · Director Hiro Murai was the magic eye behind Atlanta’s poetic visual style from the get-go. His long, ongoing collaboration with Glover seemed to hinge on mutual encouragement to take ...
Oct 10, 2022 · Atlanta Director Hiro Murai on Ending the Show and Breaking Every TV Rule on the Way Out. The show's lead director and Donald Glover's right hand reflects on the journey as the series...
Nov 30, 2018 · Murai, who is 35, has helmed the most talked-about episodes of Glover's television series Atlanta, whose depiction of the struggling rapper Paper Boi, his cousin-manager Earn,...
Oct 26, 2020 · Inside the surreal world of Hiro Murai. Hiro Murai’s dream-like vision has produced unforgettable imagery for artists including Childish Gambino and FKA twigs. Here, the filmmaker discusses the joys of collaboration, exploring the realm of television with the series Atlanta, and why This is America is an anomaly in music videos.
May 9, 2018 · As the narrative loosely tracks a reluctant rapper and his makeshift squad, more impressionistic, magical moments — an invisible car runs over clubgoers, a stranger proffers a Nutella sandwich ...
