Jimmy Murakami

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Jimmy Teru Murakami
Born	1933 San Jose, California
Occupation	Animator, Designer, Artist, Director
Spouse	Ethna Murakami

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.

Murakami was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film for The Magic Pear Tree (1968).

[edit] Filmography

(partial list)

• Christmas Carol: The Movie (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

[edit] References

• Jimmy Murakami's Five Decades of Animation Animation World Magazine

[edit] External links

• Jimmy Murakami at the Internet Movie Database