Jimmy T. Murakami

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-06-05 (81 years old)

Deathday

2014-02-16

Place of Birth

San Jose, California, USA

Jimmy T. Murakami

Biography

Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami (born June 5, 1933 in San Jose, California, USA; died February 16, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland) was an American animator and film director, best known for his live-action space opera "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) and his animated adaptations of Raymond Briggs' books "The Snowman" (1982) and "When the Wind Blows" (1986).

Production

1986

1993

1998

The Animal Train

as Director

1971

Von Richthofen and Brown

as Associate Producer

1965

Breath

as Director

1981

Heavy Metal

as Sequence Supervisor

1984

The Snowman

as Supervising Animation Director

1964

The Top

as Director

1971

The Point

as Producer

1992

1986

When the Wind Blows

as Storyboard Artist

1992

1979

1969

The Good Friend

as Director

1965

Charley

as Director

1964

The Insects

as Director

1964

The Insects

as Writer

1990

Dream Express

as Director

1990

Dream Express

as Screenplay

2008

Sandpiper

as Director

1967

1975

Passing

as Director

1968

1964

The Top

as Writer

1965

Breath

as Writer

1992

1981

Heavy Metal

as Director

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