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Hiro Murai

Hiro Murai

AKA: ひろ むらい · ヒロ・ムライ

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Born: 1982 Tokyo, Japan 16 Global Credits 🔥 0.5 Popularity
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Biography

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.

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Show / Title Year Credit / Role
Widow's Bay 2026 Director, Executive Producer
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast 2026 Self
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2024 Director, Executive Producer
The Bear 2022 Executive Producer
Station Eleven 2021 Director, Executive Producer
The Choe Show 2021 Executive Producer
Barry 2018 Japanese Bomb (voice)
Barry 2018 Director
Sea Oak 2017 Director, Executive Producer
Legion 2017 Director
Atlanta 2016 Director, Executive Producer