Jimmy Murakami

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name = Jimmy Teru Murakami


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caption = Jimmy T. Murakami, c.a. 2005
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birth_date = birth date and age|1933|06|05
birth_place = San Jose, California
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occupation = Animator, Designer, Artist, Director
spouse = Ethna Murakami
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Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, (born June 5, 1933 in San Jose, California), is a Japanese American animator and director with a long career working in numerous countries. Among his best-known works are the animated adaptations of the Raymond Briggs books "When the Wind Blows" and "The Snowman". He formed Murakami-Wolf Films with Fred Wolf.

As a child, Murakami was interned with his family at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in northern California.cite web | last = Osmond | first = Andrew | title=Animation World Magazine: Jimmy Murakami's Five Decades of Animation | url=http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/yi/default.htm | date=12-19-2001]

Murakami was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film for "The Magic Pear Tree" (1968). He also directed the music video for King of the Mountain, the single from Kate Bush's album Aerial.

Filmography

(partial list)
* "" (2001) - director
* "The Chronicles of Narnia" - animation director
* "When the Wind Blows" (1986) - director
* "The Snowman" (1982) - supervising director
* "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) - director
* "The Magic Pear Tree" (1968) - producer

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