Hiro Murai
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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21Credits12 TV · 9 films
2007–2026Years activefirst to latest
8.4 Highest ratedSnowfall
7.2 Average ratingacross 15 titles
Top TV shows 12best Hiro Murai shows
- 1
SnowfallDirector · 1 ep · 2017 - 2
The BearExecutive Producer · 38 eps · 2022 - 3
Widow's BayDirector · Executive Producer · 10 eps · 2026 - 4
AtlantaDirector · Executive Producer · 26 eps · 2016 - 5
BarryJapanese Bomb (voice) · 1 ep · 2018 - 6
LegionDirector · 1 ep · 2017 - 7
Drunk HistoryDirector of Photography · 2 eps · 2007 - 8
Station ElevenDirector · Executive Producer · 10 eps · 2021 - 9
Mr. & Mrs. SmithDirector · Executive Producer · 8 eps · 2024 - 10
Sea OakDirector · Executive Producer · 1 ep · 2017 - 11
The Choe ShowExecutive Producer · 4 eps · 2021 - 12The Marriage PlotExecutive Producer · 1 ep
Top movies 9best Hiro Murai movies
- 1
She Rides ShotgunProducer · 2025 - 2
Guava IslandDirector · Executive Producer · 2019 - 3
Clapping for the Wrong ReasonsDirector · 2013 - 4
GaryExecutive Producer · 2026 - 5Man AliveDirector
- 6Where I EndProducer
- 7StrobeProducer
- 8BushidoDirector · Producer
- 9
Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It ThereDirector · 2016
