From Atlanta to "This Is America": Spotlight on Hiro Murai

'Atlanta' Director Hiro Murai Has the Vision
It's been a breakout year for Donald Glover's chief collaborator.
And the most thrilling part of all? Hiro Murai is just getting started.

Hollywood Breakouts: Hiro Murai Has the Vision

Good directors are deciders. They can't hesitate. They must evaluate options and choose among them with speed. Given those prerequisites, it should come as no surprise that many people who succeed at directing are also arrogant, bossy, even domineering. To spend five minutes with Hiro Murai is to see that he is none of those things.
The got it right: This director is different.

Source: Hollywood Breakouts
Spotlight: The Extraordinary Vision of Hiro Murai
Article by Amy Wallace via GQ Magazine
Photos by Erik Tanner

'Atlanta' Director Hiro Murai Has the Vision
From Atlanta to "This Is America," it's been a breakout year for Donald Glover's chief collaborator. And the most thrilling part of all? Hiro Murai is just getting started. When Donald Glover set out to make "This Is America," he knew it would be easy to fail.

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