Future Asian & Pacific History Month: Hiro Murai's Gifted Eye

Fuse is celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Asian and Pacific History before our eyes. Today we're checking out Hiro Murai, the music video MVP who had never directed television before helming almost the entire debut season of Donald Glover's hyper-celebrated FX series Atlanta.

Murai was born in Tokyo and moved to L.A. as a 9-year-old. He graduated from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 2006 and within a few years began a run of high-profile music videos for a range of artists that now includes The FrayLupe FiascoEnrique IglesiasUsherGym Class HeroesThe Shins, St. VincentDavid GuettaEarl Sweatshirt and Spoon. He filmed the visuals for Frank Ocean's inventive "Forrest Gump" performance at the 2013 GRAMMYs and in 2016 served up Michael Kiwanuka's "Black Man in a White World" and A Tribe Called Quest's "Dis Generation." He's a regular on prominent year-end music video lists.