Hiro is kinda my hero

Hiro Murai

I was scrolling through my Vimeo likes and I realized that Hiro Murai, a director based out of LA, has stranglehold on half my list.

He's been a major purveyor of images that have ran parallel to one of my favorite musician's best works.

starring Donald Glover & Jhene Aiko dir Hiro Murai prod Jason Baum dp Larkin Seiple ad Jesse Fleece steadi Ari Robbins gaffer Matt Ardine ac Matt Sanderson wardrobe Elise Velasco edit Jackie London vfx Gloria FX color Ricky Gausis at MPC exec produced by Danielle Hinde at Doomsday Entertainment copyright Glassnote Records 2014

dir hiro murai prod jason colon ad kenny taylor dp kevin phillips prod design hannah hurney wardrobe michelle thompson choreography ian eastwood stunt mindy kelley edit luke lynch vfx robert shobert color ricky gausis @ mpc exec prod danielle hinde @ doomsday ent copyright glassnote records 2014

dir Hiro Murai prod Jason Colon dp Larkin Seiple ad Jesse Fleece prod design Megan Fenton steadicam Ari Robbins ac Ken Tanaka edit Eric Greenburg vfx Varnish FX color Marc Steinberg ep Danielle Hinde Doomsday Ent 2014

dir Hiro Murai prod Kim Stuckwish dp Kevin Phillips ac Matt Sanderson art Max Orgell edit Hiro Murai vfx Robo Shobo color Marc Steinberg exec prod Danielle Hinde - Doomsday Ent Glassnote Records

A Short Film starring Donald Glover, Chance the Rapper, Trinidad James, Danielle Fishel, Abella Anderson. written by Donald Glover Shot on 16mm dir Hiro Murai prod Jason Baum ep Donald Glover & Danielle Hinde dp Larkin Seiple prod design Ethan Feldbau edit Isaac Hagy set decorator Rhys Raiskin 1st AC Ken Tanaka 2nd AC Jonathan Dec loader Jake Bianco gaffer Matt Ardine best boy electric Koby Poulton additional photography Sing Howe Yam sound mixer Evan Freeman re-recording sound mixer Samuel Ejnes prod supervisor Rose Krane prod assistant Alonzo Beas / Jeff Cobb dir's assistant Justin Kappenstein assistant editor Carrie Schreck vfx Varnish FX color Arnold Ramm Doomsday Ent. 2013

He's hypnotized me into spending hours watching the same video over and over.

starring: Candice Heiden April Corley Appelusa McGlynn dir Hiro Murai prod Kimberly Stuckwisch dp Larkin Seiple choreographer: Ryan Heffington AD: Jamar Hawkins gaffer: Matt Ardine prod design: Maxwell Orgell PM: Sara Eric Lacombe wardrobe: Elise Velasco and Chris Velasco color: Ricky @ MPC ep Danielle Hinde @ Doomsday Ent

And even after all that he's made, he still humbly stoked when his creations garner attention, just as I hope to be.

I could keep going on and on but I'm walking dangerously close to "thirsty" conditions so I'll just say that homey is a badass and I hope I can work with him or at the very least gank some dope move he does and thank him for it later.