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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Movies (9)

Gary
2026 · Executive Producer

She Rides Shotgun
2025 · Producer

Guava Island
2019 · Director, Executive Producer

Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It There
2016 · Director

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
2013 · Director
Man Alive
· Director
Where I End
· Producer
Strobe
· Producer
Bushido
· Director, Producer
TV shows (13)

Widow's Bay
2026 · Executive Producer, Director

Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
2026 · Self

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024 · Executive Producer, Director

The Bear
2022 · Executive Producer

Station Eleven
2021 · Executive Producer, Director

The Choe Show
2021 · Executive Producer

Barry
2018 · Japanese Bomb (voice), Director

Sea Oak
2017 · Director, Executive Producer

Snowfall
2017 · Director

Legion
2017 · Director

Atlanta
2016 · Director, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer

Drunk History
2007 · Director of Photography
The Marriage Plot
· Executive Producer
