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Hiro Murai

Hiro Murai

Directing

February 1, 1982Tokyo, Japan

Hiro Murai (born 1983) is a Japanese filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He is best known for music videos for Childish Gambino, Earl Sweatshirt, Chet Faker, and others. His music videos and television work have received widespread acclaim and have earned 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"). 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 of 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. He directed five episodes of the 2026 horror-comedy-drama series Widow's Bay, starring Matthew Rhys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiro Murai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

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Garymovie

Gary

2026

Executive Producer

Widow's Baytv

Widow's Bay

2026

Executive Producer

She Rides Shotgunmovie

She Rides Shotgun

2025

Producer

Mr. & Mrs. Smithtv

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2024

Executive Producer

The Beartv

The Bear

2022

Executive Producer

Station Eleventv

Station Eleven

2021

Executive Producer

The Choe Showtv

The Choe Show

2021

Executive Producer

Guava Islandmovie

Guava Island

2019

Executive Producer

Sea Oaktv

Sea Oak

2017

Executive Producer

Atlantatv

Atlanta

2016

Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Producer

Where I End
movie

Where I End

Producer

Strobe
movie

Strobe

Producer

Bushido
movie

Bushido

Producer

The Marriage Plottv

The Marriage Plot

Executive Producer

Acting2

Camera1

Drunk Historytv

Drunk History

2007

Director of Photography