FILM DIRECTOR

Jimmy T. Murakami

1933 - 2014

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Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami (村上輝明, Murakami Teruaki; June 5, 1933 – February 16, 2014) was an American animator and film 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 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for The Magic Pear Tree (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy T. Murakami is the 936th most popular film director (up from 1,550th in 2019), the 6,723rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,160th in 2019) and the 236th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jimmy T. Murakami ranks 936 out of 2,041. Before him are Godfrey Reggio, Mark L. Lester, Wilfred Jackson, Peter Fleischmann, Vatroslav Mimica, and Mark Zakharov. After him are Yash Chopra, Jean-Marie Poiré, John Alcott, Janusz Kamiński, Stephen Gyllenhaal, and Christophe Gans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jimmy T. Murakami ranks 339. Before him are Muhamed Mujić, Leonid Kharitonov, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Jimmy Murray, and Mark Zakharov. After him are Tete Montoliu, Tsai Chin, Jean Vuarnet, Radivoje Ognjanović, Ford Konno, and Jerry Buss. Among people deceased in 2014, Jimmy T. Murakami ranks 301. Before him are Aurelio Milani, Eugene Dynkin, Åke Johansson, Marian Seldes, Carmelo Bossi, and Régine Deforges. After him are James Shigeta, Gordon Willis, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Dave Legeno, William Guarnere, and Helen Johns.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy T. Murakami ranks 6,725 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Lindell (1961), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Pamela Tiffin (1942), Kenny Burrell (1931), Josh Hawley (1979), and Carl Icahn (1936). After him are Marion Zinderstein (1896), Lenny Wilkens (1937), Tad Williams (1957), Dann Florek (1950), Rex Cawley (1940), and Mark Boone Junior (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jimmy T. Murakami ranks 236. Before him are Charles Shyer (1951), Mary Lambert (1951), Mimi Leder (1952), Godfrey Reggio (1940), Mark L. Lester (1946), and Wilfred Jackson (1906). After him are Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), Mark Waters (1964), Preston Sturges (1898), Walter Lang (1896), Jerry Schatzberg (1927), and Randall Wallace (1949).

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