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Hiro Murai (1983 (age 40)) was born on 15 July, 1983 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese-American filmmaker. Discover Hiro Murai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

Popular As 1983 (age 40)
Occupation Filmmaker
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 15 July 1983
Birthday 15 July
Birthplace Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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1983

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.

2013

In 2013, he directed the short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons, a companion piece for Childish Gambino's second studio album, Because the Internet, and its attached screenplay.

In the same year, he created a multi-panel video set for Frank Ocean's performance at the Grammys.

2016

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.

Since 2016, Murai has directed several episodes of the comedy-drama Atlanta, collaborating again with Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino).

For his work on the show, he has received three nominations for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

In 2016 he directed a Nike campaign starring Chance The Rapper.

2018

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").

Murai was born to Japanese popular music composer Kunihiko Murai.

He moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old.

He graduated with a degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

After graduation, Murai turned to freelance work as the director of photography for numerous music videos, as well as VFX and storyboarding, most notably for Ace Norton.

After some time Murai began to direct low budget films.

He directed the music video for Childish Gambino's "This Is America", released on May 5, 2018, which was described as "the most talked-about music video of recent memory", and which Billboard critics ranked 10th among the "greatest music videos of the 21st century."

In June 2018, it was announced that he would direct a science fiction feature film, Man Alive, written by David Robert Mitchell.

In November 2018, the trailer for his debut feature film Guava Island, starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, premiered at the Pharos Festival in New Zealand.

2019

In 2019, Murai won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video for directing the video.

Guava Island was released on April 13, 2019, by Amazon Studios through Amazon Prime Video.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 74% based on reviews from 43 critics, with an average rating of 6.60/10.

On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

In 2021, Murai directed the first and third episodes of the science fiction miniseries Station Eleven for HBO Max.

Murai directed the first two episodes of the 2024 action comedy drama Mr. & Mrs. Smith starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine.