Hiro Murai

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Hiro Murai (born 1983 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese - American filmmaker from Los Angeles . His best-known works include music videos for artists such as Childish Gambino , Earl Sweatshirt , Chet Faker , Flying Lotus , David Guetta , St. Vincent , The Shins , The Fray , Bloc Party , Massive Attack and Queens of the Stone Age . In 2013 he made the short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons, a companion piece to Childish Gambino's second studio album, Because the Internet. Since 2016, he directed several episodes of the dramedy - Series Atlanta and worked there again with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino together.

Life

Murai was born in the Japanese capital Tokyo in 1983 . His father was a songwriter and composer and later a music publisher . His mother was a housewife who supported him in his creative work from an early age. He moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of nine. During his middle and high school years, he filmed familiar films with friends and attended a video production course. In Los Angeles, he later graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts .

After graduating, Murai worked as a freelance cameraman for numerous music videos , VFX and storyboarding projects, most notably for the filmmaker Ace Norton, whom he met in high school and who gave him his first job, a stop-motion video for the Band The Faint . After a while, Murai started making low budget videos .

His first music video as a director was Bloc Partys Signs in 2006 , which he produced with fellow film school students for about $ 2,000. In the following years he shot music videos for indie artists like Spoon and St. Vincent, but also for rappers like Earl Sweatshirt and pop artists like David Guetta .

In addition to the music videos, Murai also stages commercials for , among others, Gillette , Google , Microsoft , Nike and Sonos .

Together with Donald Glover , for whom he previously directed several music videos, he has been working on the television series Atlanta since 2016 . This was followed by directorial work for the series Legion and Barry .

Murais garnered huge attention in 2018 with the controversial music video for Childish Gambino's This Is America . It was viewed over 100 million times on YouTube just under two weeks after it was released .

In May 2018 Murai signed a production contract with FX Productions , where he works on new series concepts for FX. He is also in talks with 20th Century Fox for his first feature film.

The music film Guava Island starring Glover and Rihanna, directed by Murai, was released in April 2019 .

Murai is currently working on the serial production of the novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel . The shooting of the ten-part HBO's Max - miniseries began in January 2020th

Filmography

Music videos
year title Artist Director camera source
2005 Small Apartment Party Epiphany Make Believe yes note
2006 Crooked Teeth Death Cab for Cutie Yes
Someday You Will Be Loved Death Cab for Cutie Yes
Cobrastyle Teddy bears Yes
2007 Living a Lie Aqueduct Yes
2009 Submarine Symphonica The Submarines Yes
Signs Bloc party Yes
Me-time Bus driver Yes
Heartless The fray Yes
Unbalanced pieces Soulsavers Yes
Staying in Love Raphael Saadiq Yes
2010 Airplanes BoB feat. Hayley Williams Yes
DJ Got Us Fallin 'in Love Usher feat. Pit bull Yes
The Show Goes On Lupe Fiasco Yes
2011 Stereo Hearts Gym Class Heroes feat. 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 feat. 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 The generation A Tribe Called Quest Yes
2018 This Is America Childish Gambino Yes
2020 Sad day FKA twigs Yes
Note Co-directed with Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer and Steve Drypolcher
Movie
year title Director producer Executive Producer annotation source
2019 Guava Island Yes No Yes 56 minutes long music film for Amazon's Prime Video
watch TV
year title Director producer Executive Producer annotation source
since 2016 Atlanta Yes Yes Yes Directed 14 episodes, produced ten episodes and co-executive produced three episodes
2017 legion Yes Episode: Chapter 6 (Chapter 6)
2017 Sea Oak Yes Yes Pilot episode for Amazon Video
2017 Snowfall Yes Episode: Lost Innocence (Trauma)
2018 Barry Yes Four episodes

Awards

Emmy

Grammy Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

MVPA Award

UK Music Video Awards

  • 2014: Award in the Best Director category
  • 2014: Award in the category Best Rock / Indie Video - International for Smooth Sailing from Queens of the Stone Age

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 38 (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Music Videos. In: hiromurai.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Hiro Murai. In: IMVDb. FilmedInsert, LLC., Accessed July 25, 2018 .
  4. ^ Other Films. In: hiromurai.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Yoh Phillips: Donald Glover's Secret Weapon is Hiro Murai. In: DJBooth. The DJ Booth LLC., August 24, 2016, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Hanh Nguyen: 'Atlanta': Meet Hiro Murai, the Hip-Hop Music Director of FX's Baffling and Beautiful New Series. In: IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation, September 13, 2016, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 39 (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 40 (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 42 (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 43 f . (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. xiv (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  12. ↑ a b Jeff Hamada: An Interview with Director Hiro Murai. In: BOOOOOOOM! Booooooom Design Inc., November 19, 2014, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 45 (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  14. ↑ Rebecca Kinskey: We Used to Wait: Music videos and Creative Literacy (=  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning ). MIT Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-0-262-52692-0 , pp. 51 (English, online [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2018]).
  15. ↑ Elle Bishop: Loud Visionaries: Hiro Murai. In: The 405. September 8, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  16. ↑ a b c Adam Nayman: The Filmmaker of the Year Hasn't Even Made a Feature Film Yet. In: The Ringer. Vox Media , May 8, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  17. ^ A b Matt McMahon: How Hiro Murai Became One Of The Most Important Directors in Pop Culture. In: Passion of the Weiss. Passion Of The Weiss, LLC., May 29, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Te'Ron Adams: Hiro Murai: It Begins with His Thoughts. In: Visionary Artistry Magazine. April 20, 2015, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Tim Schenkl: Hollywood level despite the Babelsberg budget. In: The filter. The Filter Medien UG (limited liability), October 31, 2014, accessed on July 26, 2018 .
  20. ↑ HIRO MURAI CONNOISSEUR OF RAMEN & NIGHT SHOOTS. In: doomsdayent.com. Doomsday Entertainment, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Michael Baculinao: Hiro Murai Signs First Look Deal with FX Productions. In: TV Overmind. October 12, 2018, accessed on July 26, 2018 .
  22. ↑ a b Matt Grobar: Hiro Murai Throws Out Rulebook With 'Atlanta', Delivers Visceral Action With 'Barry' & Wows With “This Is America”. In: Deadline.com . Penske Media Corporation, June 15, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Shock video “This Is America” This rapper shows the everyday racism so brutally. In: Berliner Zeitung . Berliner Verlag , May 9, 2018, accessed on July 26, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Childish Gambino's This is America gets 100 million hits in just over a week. In: Channel24. Media24 Holdings, May 14, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 ( AFP ).
  25. ↑ Daniel Holloway: Atlanta 'Director Hiro Murai Signs FX Deal (EXCLUSIVE). In: Variety . Penske Media Corporation, May 10, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr: 'This Is America' Director Hiro Murai In Talks For Fox Sci-Fi Thriller 'Man Alive'. In: Deadline.com . Penske Media Corporation, June 13, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  27. ↑ a b Jason Bailey: 'Guava Island' Review: Donald Glover's Island Getaway Is a Casual Charmer. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, April 13, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Steve Greene: 'Station Eleven': Hiro Murai's Next TV Directing Gig Is Adapting a Post-Apocalyptic Novel. In: IndieWire. Penske Business Media, LLC., June 25, 2019, accessed January 31, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Ashley Steves: Chicago What's Filming: HBO Max's 'Station Eleven,' Starring Mackenzie Davis + Gael García Bernal. In: Backstage. Backstage, LLC., January 17, 2020, accessed January 31, 2020 .
  30. ^ Make Believe - "Small apartment party epiphany". In: mvdbase. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  31. ↑ Death Cab for Cutie - "Crooked teeth [version 1]". In: mvdbase. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  32. ↑ Death Cab for Cutie - "Someday you will be loved". In: mvdbase. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  33. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: IN DEPTH: Teddybears “Cobrastyle”. In: VideoStatic. October 20, 2006, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  34. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: NEW RELEASE: Aqueduct - Charles Spano, director. In: VideoStatic. April 9, 2007, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  35. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: SHOT: The Submarines- Josh Forbes, director. In: VideoStatic. January 30, 2009, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  36. ↑ David Knight: Bloc Party's Signs (Armand Van Helden remix) by Hiro Murai. In: Promo News. March 18, 2009, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  37. ↑ Bus driver “Me-Time”. In: Vimeo . Vimeo, Inc., October 20, 2010, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  38. ↑ Dave Herrera: Moving Pictures: The Fray may be heartless, but that doesn't mean it's art less. In: Westword. Voice Media Group , October 20, 2009, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  39. ↑ David Knight: Soulsavers 'Unbalanced Pieces' by Hiro Murai. In: Promo News. November 20, 2009, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  40. ^ Raphael Saadiq - Staying In Love (2009). In: IMVDb. FilmedInsert, LLC., 2009, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  41. ↑ James Montgomery: BoB And Hayley Williams, 'Airplanes' Video Shows Dark Side Of Fame. In: MTV .com. Viacom , June 15, 2010, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  42. ↑ Melinda Newman: Watch: Usher twirls in 'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love 'video. In: Uproxx. Uproxx Media Group, August 25, 2010, accessed on July 26, 2018 .
  43. ↑ Jayson Rodriguez: Lupe Fiasco Aimed To Pull Back Curtain With 'Show Goes On' Video. In: MTV .com. Viacom , July 3, 2011, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  44. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: WATCH IT: Gym Class Heroes “Stereo Hearts” (Hiro Murai, dir.). In: VideoStatic. August 15, 2011, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  45. ^ Gary Pini: Scissor Sisters Featuring Azealia Banks' “Shady Love” Is Our First 2012 Obsession. In: Paper. ENTtech Media Group, LLC., January 2, 2012, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  46. ↑ We've Got The New Video For Friends - “Mind Control”. In: Noisey . Vice Media, May 15, 2012, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  47. ↑ ideo: The Shins: “It's Only Life”. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, July 11, 2012, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  48. ↑ Brooke Mazurek: Director Hiro Murai Gives Behind-the-Scenes Story on His Surreal Videos for Childish Gambino, St. Vincent & More. In: Billboard . Eldridge Industries, June 2, 2015, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  49. ↑ Kathy Iandoli: Behind The Lens: Inside the Weirdly Wired Brain of Director Hiro Murai. In: Noisey . Vice Media, February 25, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  50. ↑ Jenn Pelly: St. Vincent: "Cheerleader". In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, February 27, 2012, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  51. ↑ Kyle McGovern: Earl Sweatshirt Spreads Dread in Video for Holocaust-Referencing 'Hive'. In: Spin . Eldridge Industries, July 16, 2013, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  52. ↑ High Road ╳ Cults & Hiro Murai. In: Empty Kingdom. November 20, 2013, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  53. ↑ Doug Klinger: Video Chats: Hiro Murai on Collaborating with Childish Gambino. In: IMVDb. FilmedInsert, LLC., January 15, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  54. ↑ Chris Payne: Queens of the Stone Age Get Rowdy in New 'Smooth Sailing' Video. In: Billboard . Eldridge Industries, September 4, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  55. ↑ Lauren Nostro: Watch Childish Gambino's Trippy New Video for "Sweatpants". In: Complex. Complex Media, Inc., April 14, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  56. ↑ Jenn Pelly: Spoon Share Apocalyptic "Do You" Video. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, July 21, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  57. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: Loud Visionaries: Director Hiro Murai and Creating “Gold”. In: VideoStatic. September 8, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  58. ↑ Zoe Camp: Shabazz Palaces Share “#CAKE” video. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, August 22, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  59. ↑ Eric Ducker: Behind the Scenes of Flying Lotus' "Never Catch Me" Video with Director Hiro Murai. In: The Fader. The Fader, Inc., October 9, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  60. ^ Childish Gambino's Telegraph Ave (“Oakland” by Lloyd) Directed by Hiro Murai. In: BOOOOOOOM! Booooooom Design Inc., October 13, 2014, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  61. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: Childish Gambino “Sober” (Hiro Murai, dir.). In: VideoStatic. January 9, 2015, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  62. ↑ Ben Hobson: Hiro Murai uses thermographic camera to create dark Earl Sweatshirt music video. In: Dezeen. Dezeen Limited, April 4, 2015, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  63. ↑ Jon Blistein: Massive Attack Reunite With Tricky on New 'Ritual Spirit' EP. In: Rolling Stone . Penske Media Corporation, January 28, 2016, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  64. ↑ Watch the Incredible Video For Baauer's “Day Ones,” ft. Novelist and Leikeli47. In: Pigeons & Planes. Complex Media, Inc., February 17, 2016, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  65. ↑ Cam Robert: Best Music Videos of 2016: Michael Kiwanuka, 'Black Man In A White World'. In: NPR Music. National Public Radio , December 20, 2016, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  66. ^ Jon Blistein: Watch A Tribe Called Quest's Gorgeous 'Dis Generation' Video. In: Rolling Stone . Penske Media Corporation, March 30, 2017, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  67. ↑ Michelle Kim: Watch Childish Gambino's Video for New Song “This Is America”. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast, May 6, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  68. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: FKA Twigs "sad day" (Hiro Murai, dir.). In: VideoStatic. August 28, 2020, accessed on August 31, 2020 .
  69. ↑ The Ghost That Guides Donald Glover: Hiro Murai. In: The Beta Report. May 13, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  70. ↑ Hiro Murai. In: IMDb . Amazon , accessed July 26, 2018 .
  71. ↑ Oliver Sava: Legion Recap: Group Therapy. In: Vulture . New York Media, LLC, March 15, 2017, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  72. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Amazon Passes On All 3 Pilots From Fall 2017 Pilot Season: 'Sea Oak', 'Love You More' & 'The Climb'. In: Deadline.com . Penske Media Corporation, December 18, 2017, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  73. ↑ Snowfall - Trauma - Series 1 - Episode 4 of 10. Credits. In: bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation , accessed June 17, 2020 .
  74. ↑ a b Awards Search. Hiro Murai. In: emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  75. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: Childish Gambino Sweeps the Grammys. In: VideoStatic. February 11, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .
  76. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: 2018 MTV VMA WINNERS. In: VideoStatic. August 21, 2018, accessed April 3, 2019 .
  77. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: NEWS: MVPA Award Winners 2009/2010. In: VideoStatic. January 24, 2011, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  78. ↑ Steven Gottlieb: 2013 MVPA Award Winners. In: VideoStatic. May 31, 2013, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  79. ↑ a b UK Music Video Awards 2014: Hiro Murai wins Best Director, DANIELS take Video Of The Year, Joseph Kahn accepts Icon Award. In: Promo News. November 11, 2014, accessed July 25, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Murai, Hiro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese-American filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo , Japan