Jimmy T. Murakami
- Directing
- June 5, 1933 · San Jose, California, USA
- February 16, 2014
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Jimmy Murakami: Non-Alien · Animation
- Sandpiper · Director
- Christmas Carol: The Movie · Director
- The Animal Train · Director
- The Christmas Story Keepers · Director
- The Easter Story Keepers · Director
- Opéra Imaginaire · Director
- The Cheerful Rascal · Director, Writer
- The Magic Voyage · Thanks
- Dream Express · Director, Screenplay
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe · Animation Director
- When the Wind Blows · Director, Storyboard Artist
- The Wind and the Bomb
- The Snowman · Supervising Animation Director
- Heavy Metal · Sequence Supervisor, Director
- Battle Beyond the Stars · Director
- Humanoids from the Deep · Co-Director
- Death of a Bullet · Director
- Passing · Director
- Down and Dirty Duck · Thanks
- The Mad Magazine TV Special · Director
- Von Richthofen and Brown · Associate Producer
- The Point · Producer
- The Good Friend · Director
- The Magic Pear Tree · Writer
- And Of Course You · Story, Director
- George... the People · Director
- Charley · Director
- Breath · Director, Writer
- The Insects · Writer, Director
- The Top · Director, Writer
- The Violinist · Animation
- The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show · Art Designer