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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiro Murai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 13, 1983 (43)
- Tokyo, Japan
- Producer and director
- 11 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Hiro Murai's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Hiro Murai's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Hiro Murai's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Gary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Widow's Bay(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
She Rides Shotgun(2025)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Mr. & Mrs. Smith(2024)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
The Bear(2022)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Station Eleven(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Choe Show(2021)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Guava Island(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Barry(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Sea Oak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Snowfall(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Legion(2017)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Atlanta(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Clapping for the Wrong Reasons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Drunk History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Bushido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Man Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Strobe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Marriage Plot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Where I End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 16 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and 4 other major awards from 21 major nominations, 2017–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Comedy Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · International
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins and 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best New Scripted Series
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Grammy Award, won · Best Music Video
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Is Hiro Murai's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Hiro Murai work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hiro Murai's MovieCove titles; Christian Sprenger shares the most, 2.
- Christian SprengerShared titles: Widow's Bay (2026), Guava Island (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Christian Sprenger
- Nate MattesonShared titles: She Rides Shotgun (2025), The Choe Show (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Nate Matteson
