Hiro Murai

Hiro Murai
Born Tokyo, Japan
Residence Los Angeles, California
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Filmmaker
Years active 2005–present
Website hiromurai.com

Hiro Murai is a Japanese-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His most notable works include internationally successful music videos for artists such as Childish Gambino, Earl Sweatshirt, Chet Faker, Flying Lotus, David Guetta, St. Vincent, The Shins, The Fray, Bloc Party and Queens of the Stone Age.[1] In 2013 he directed the short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons,[2][3] a companion piece for Childish Gambino's second studio album, Because the Internet, and its attached screenplay. In 2016, he directed several episodes of the comedy-drama Atlanta, collaborating again with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino.[4] For the work on the show, he has received three nominations for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.[5]

Early life and education

Murai moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old and later graduated with a degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[6]

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.

Filmography

Music videos
Year Title Artist Director Other Notes Ref.
2005 "Small Apartment Party Epiphany" Make Believe Yes Co-directed with Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer and Steve Drypolcher
2006 "Crooked Teeth" Death Cab for Cutie Yes Director of photography
"Someday You Will Be Loved" Death Cab for Cutie Yes Director of photography
"Cobrastyle" Teddybears Yes Director of photography
2007 "Living a Lie" Aqueduct Yes Director of photography
2009 "Submarine Symphonika" The Submarines Yes Director of photography
"Signs" Bloc Party Yes
"Me-Time" Busdriver Yes
"Heartless" The Fray Yes
"Unbalanced Pieces" Soulsavers Yes
"Staying In Love" Raphael Saadiq Yes
2010 "Airplanes" B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams Yes
"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" Usher featuring Pitbull Yes
"The Show Goes On" Lupe Fiasco Yes
2011 "Stereo Hearts" Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine Yes
2012 "Shady Love" Scissor Sisters vs. Krystal Pepsy Yes
"Mind Control" Friends Yes
"It's Only Life" The Shins Yes
"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" David Guetta featuring Sia Yes
"Chum" Earl Sweatshirt Yes
"Cheerleader" St. Vincent Yes
2013 "Hive" Earl Sweatshirt Yes
"High Road" Cults Yes
"3005" Childish Gambino Yes
2014 "Smooth Sailing" Queens of the Stone Age Yes
"Sweatpants" Childish Gambino Yes
"Do You" Spoon Yes
"Gold" Chet Faker Yes
"#CAKE" Shabazz Palaces Yes
"Never Catch Me" Flying Lotus Yes
"Telegraph Ave" Childish Gambino Yes
2015 "Sober" Childish Gambino Yes
"Grief" Earl Sweatshirt Yes
2016 "Take It There" Massive Attack Yes
"Day Ones" Baauer Yes
"Black Man in a White World" Michael Kiwanuka Yes
2017 "Dis Generation" A Tribe Called Quest Yes [7]
2018 "This Is America" Childish Gambino Yes [8]
Television
Year Title Director Producer Executive producer Notes Ref.
2016–present Atlanta Yes Yes Yes Directed 14 episodes, produced 10 episodes, executive produced 2 episodes [9]
2017 Legion Yes Episode: "Chapter 6"
2017 Sea Oak Yes Yes Amazon Video pilot
2018 Barry Yes 2 episodes

Awards

  • (2009) MVPA Award for Best Video under $25K. The Fray "Heartless"
  • (2012) Best Music Video Lists: Pitchfork / BuzzFeed / Consequence of Sound / Video Static / Co.Create / NPR Music - for St. Vincent "Cheerleader" and Earl Sweatshirt "Chum"
  • (2013) MVPA Best Electronic Video: David Guetta - "She Wolf"[10]
  • (2014) UKMVA Director of the Year / Best Rock / Indie Video International QOTSA for Smooth Sailing.[11]
  • (2014) Best Music Videos Lists: The Verge, Pitchfork, IMVDB, Stereogum
  • (2018) MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction: Childish Gambino - "This Is America"[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Music Videos". www.hiromurai.com.
  2. ↑ "Other Films". www.hiromurai.com.
  3. ↑ "Music Video Director Hiro Murai Is Donald Glover's Secret Weapon - DJBooth Article". Djbooth.net. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Nguyen, Hanh. "'Atlanta': Hiro Murai Directs FX's Beautiful and Baffling Series | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  5. ↑ "Hiro Murai". emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ "An Interview with Director Hiro Murai". www.booooooom.com.
  7. ↑ Blistein, Jon (March 30, 2017). "Watch A Tribe Called Quest's Gorgeous 'Dis Generation' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  8. ↑ Kim, Michelle (March 6, 2018). "Watch Childish Gambino's Video for New Song "This Is America"". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ Nguyen, Hanh. "'Atlanta': Hiro Murai Directs FX's Beautiful and Baffling Series | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  10. ↑ "NEWS: 2013 MVPA Award Nominees". VideoStatic. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "UK Music Video Awards 2014: Hiro Murai wins Best Director, DANIELS take Video Of The Year, Joseph Kahn accepts Icon Award on Promo News". PromoNews. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Park, Andrea (August 20, 2018). "Full list of 2018 MTV Video Music Awards winners". CBS News. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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