Jimmy T. Murakami

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Jimmy Teru Murakami (born June 5, 1933 in San José , California - † February 16, 2014 in Dublin ) was an American animator , film director , film producer and screenwriter of Japanese descent.

Life

As a child, Murakami was temporarily interned with his parents during World War II because of his Japanese ancestry . After attending the Choinard Art Institute in Los Angeles , he received his first studio contract as an animator in 1956 . He moved the following year to Pintoff Studio in New York , where he most Oscar -nominated animated - short film The Violinist cooperated.

In 1960 he moved to London , where he worked as a director and producer for TV cartoons. The short film The Insects , which he wrote and directed , was nominated for the BAFTA Award in 1965. His production Charlie was awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival that same year . Muramaki then returned to the United States, where he founded a production company with Fred Wolf . In 1969 he received an Oscar nomination for the animated short film The Magic Pear Tree . Two years later, he started another production company in Dublin that specialized in commercials . In the same year he was co-producer of Roger Corman's Manfred von Richthofen - The Red Baron .

In 1980 he directs two feature films by Roger Corman's production company, Sador - Ruler in Space and The Horror from the Deep , the latter, however, his name was not mentioned in the credits. After co-directing the Oscar-nominated cartoon adaptation of Raymond Briggs ' The Snowman in 1982, he directed the 1986 animated film When the Wind blows for David Bowie and Roger Waters, also based on a book by Briggs contributed the score. In 2001, he turned with Christmas Carol: an animated adaptation of Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol , including the voices of Kate Winslet and Nicolas Cage . In 2005 he directed the music video for Kate Bush's single King of the Mountain .

Jimmy T. Murakami died on February 16, 2014 after a short illness at the age of 80.

Filmography (selection)

Director

animation

Storyboard

  • 2001: A Christmas fairy tale

production

script

  • 1964: The Top
  • 1990: Dream Express

Awards (excerpt)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Toon world mourns Murakami
  2. Obituary for Jimmy T. Murakami in: IFTN