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Jimmy T. Murakami is a Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Supervising Animation Director and Sequence Supervisor American born on 5 june 1933 at San Jose (USA)
Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, (村上輝明 Murakami Teruaki, 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.
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.
Murakami was the subject of a 2010 feature documentary film made by Irish director Sé Merry Doyle and produced by Martina Durac and Vanessa Gildea of Loopline Films. Jimmy Murakami - Non Alien was premiered in Dublin at the 2010 IFI Stranger than Fiction Film Festival.
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Birth name Teruaki Murakami
Nationality USA
Birth 5 june 1933 at San Jose (USA)
Death 16 february 2014 (at 80 years) at Dublin (Irlande)
Creator of Fred Wolf Films
Nationality USA
Birth 5 june 1933 at San Jose (USA)
Death 16 february 2014 (at 80 years) at Dublin (Irlande)
Creator of Fred Wolf Films
Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, (村上輝明 Murakami Teruaki, 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.
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.
Murakami was the subject of a 2010 feature documentary film made by Irish director Sé Merry Doyle and produced by Martina Durac and Vanessa Gildea of Loopline Films. Jimmy Murakami - Non Alien was premiered in Dublin at the 2010 IFI Stranger than Fiction Film Festival.
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Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
, 1h17Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Jane Horrocks, Rhys Ifans, Michael Gambon
Rating53%
En 1857, à Boston, le vieil avare Ebenezer Scrooge, se retrouve seul le soir de Noël. L'esprit de Noël va alors lui montrer tout le mal qu'il a fait autour de lui.
Opéra Imaginaire (1993)
Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Guionne Leroy
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Rating74%
Le mystérieux propriétaire de l'opéra, illustre pour les spectateurs quelques airs fameux et leur en présente les personnages.
Opéra Imaginaire (1993)
, 51minutesDirected by Jimmy T. Murakami, Guionne Leroy
Origin France
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films
Rating74%
Découvrez ou redécouvrez 12 extraits des plus grands chefs-d'œuvre de l'opéra. Mis en image par les meilleurs artistes européens du secteur de l'animation, Opéra imaginaire vous emmène au cœur d'un spectacle total mêlant danse, théâtre, musique et peinture. La variété des techniques utilisées emprunte à toute la palette de l'animation, depuis la pâte à modeler jusqu'aux images de synthèse 3D les plus sophistiquées. Alors suivez le guide et laissez vous transporter par un spectacle hors du commun qui ravira au même titre les amateurs d'opéra et les néophytes.
When the Wind Blows (1986)
, 1h20Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Comedy, Animation
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft
Rating76%
James and Hilda Bloggs are a retired couple living in a tidy isolated cottage in rural Sussex in southeast England. James frequently travels to London to read the newspapers and keep abreast of the deteriorating international situation; while frequently misunderstanding some specifics, he is fully aware of the growing risk of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. James is horrified at a radio news report stating that a war may be only three days away, and sets about preparing for the worst as instructed by his government-issued Protect and Survive pamphlets. As Hilda continues her daily routine, and their son Ron dismisses such preparations as pointless (referencing the song "We'll All Go Together When We Go" by Tom Lehrer), James builds a lean-to shelter inside their home (which he consistently calls the "inner core or refuge" per the pamphets) and prepares a stock of supplies. He also follows through seemingly strange instructions such as painting his windows with white paint and readying sacks to lie down in when a nuclear strike hits. Despite James' concerns, he and Hilda are confident they can survive the war, as they did World War II in their childhoods, and that a Soviet defeat will ensue.
The Snowman (1984)
, 27minutesDirected by Jimmy T. Murakami
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors David Bowie, Bernard Cribbins, Mel Smith
Rating81%
Un jour de grand froid, un petit garçon fabrique un bonhomme de neige. Le lendemain matin, il a la surprise de voir son bonhomme s'animer et l'inviter pour un voyage féerique ou ils vont rencontrer beaucoup d'autres bonshommes de neige.
Heavy Metal (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, Pino Van Lamsweerde
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Harvey Atkin, Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy
Rating65%
The movie's title sequence story (based on the original story by Dan O'Bannon and art by Thomas Warkentin) opens with a space shuttle flying in orbit over Earth. The bay doors (on the belly of the shuttle) open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. An astronaut seated in the Corvette then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon.
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
, 1h44Directed by Roger Corman, Jimmy T. Murakami
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, Sybil Danning, George Peppard, John Saxon, Darlanne Fluegel
Rating54%
The farmers of the peaceful planet Akir are threatened by the space tyrant Sador (John Saxon) and his army of mutants, the Malmori. Sador's huge ship carries a weapon called a "Stellar Converter", which turns planets into small stars. He threatens to use the Converter unless the planet submits to him when he returns in several days. Zed (Jeff Corey), the last Akira warrior, is old and nearly blind. He suggests they hire mercenaries to protect the planet. Lacking valuable resources, they can only offer food and shelter in payment. Unable to go himself, Zed offers his ship, which has an artificial intelligence navigation and tactical computer named Nell, for the job if they can find a pilot. The ship is fast and well-armed but cannot defeat Sador alone. Shad (Richard Thomas), a young man who has piloted the ship and is well known to Nell, volunteers for the recruiting mission.
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
, 1h20Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Barbara Peeters
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Natural horror films
Actors Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Anthony Pena, Denise Galik, David Strassman
Rating57%
Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo, California catch what appears to be a monster. The young son of one of the anglers falls into the water and something unseen drags him under the surface. Another angler prepares a flare gun but he slips and accidentally fires it into the deck, which is soaked with gasoline dropped earlier by the boy. The vessel bursts into flames and explodes; everybody aboard is killed. Jim Hill (McClure) and his wife Carol witness the explosion. Later, Jim and Carol's dog goes missing and the pair finds its dismembered corpse on the nearby beach.
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Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
, 1h37Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Hurd Hatfield, Stephen McHattie
Roles Associate Producer
Rating60%
Manfred von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) is a German cavalry officer newly assigned to an air squadron under the command of Oswald Boelcke (Peter Masterson) who quickly becomes an ace. His career is presented on screen intercut with scenes of another pilot across the lines, a Canadian pilot named Roy Brown (Don Stroud) who arrives at a British squadron, where the commanding pilot is a Victoria Cross holder named Lanoe Hawker (Corin Redgrave).
The Point (1971)
, 1h14Directed by Fred Wolf
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Ringo Starr, Paul Frees, Dustin Hoffman, Lennie Weinrib, Alan Thicke, Joan Gerber
Roles Producer
Rating74%
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When the Wind Blows (1986)
, 1h20Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Comedy, Animation
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft
Roles Storyboard Artist
Rating76%
James and Hilda Bloggs are a retired couple living in a tidy isolated cottage in rural Sussex in southeast England. James frequently travels to London to read the newspapers and keep abreast of the deteriorating international situation; while frequently misunderstanding some specifics, he is fully aware of the growing risk of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. James is horrified at a radio news report stating that a war may be only three days away, and sets about preparing for the worst as instructed by his government-issued Protect and Survive pamphlets. As Hilda continues her daily routine, and their son Ron dismisses such preparations as pointless (referencing the song "We'll All Go Together When We Go" by Tom Lehrer), James builds a lean-to shelter inside their home (which he consistently calls the "inner core or refuge" per the pamphets) and prepares a stock of supplies. He also follows through seemingly strange instructions such as painting his windows with white paint and readying sacks to lie down in when a nuclear strike hits. Despite James' concerns, he and Hilda are confident they can survive the war, as they did World War II in their childhoods, and that a Soviet defeat will ensue.
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The Snowman (1984)
, 27minutesDirected by Jimmy T. Murakami
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors David Bowie, Bernard Cribbins, Mel Smith
Roles Supervising Animation Director
Rating81%
Un jour de grand froid, un petit garçon fabrique un bonhomme de neige. Le lendemain matin, il a la surprise de voir son bonhomme s'animer et l'inviter pour un voyage féerique ou ils vont rencontrer beaucoup d'autres bonshommes de neige.
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The Magic Voyage (1992)
, 1h21Origin German
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Children's films
Actors Michael Habeck, Hans Paetsch, Mickey Rooney, Phil Nibbelink, Dom DeLuise, Corey Feldman
Roles Thanks
Rating35%
The year is 1492. Many people believed that the world was flat, and that ships would fall off the edge of the earth and float off into space. However, an Italian navigator named Christopher Columbus had a revolutionary idea — he thought that the world was square. That is, until a small woodworm named Pico overhears him and convinces Columbus that the world is really round by eating up the edges of his square globe, making it look round. Finally realizing that the world is round, Columbus decides to take his discovery to King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella. Pico joins him, and the duo instantly become friends.
Heavy Metal (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, Pino Van Lamsweerde
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Harvey Atkin, Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy
Roles Sequence Supervisor
Rating65%
The movie's title sequence story (based on the original story by Dan O'Bannon and art by Thomas Warkentin) opens with a space shuttle flying in orbit over Earth. The bay doors (on the belly of the shuttle) open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. An astronaut seated in the Corvette then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon.