From Music Videos to ‘Widow’s Bay’: How Hiro Murai Became TV’s Most In-Demand Director

“Widow’s Bay” creator Katie Dippold did not write any of the show’s characters with actors in mind. But she knew she wanted Hiro Murai to direct it.

“He was my dream director. I was watching ‘Atlanta’ while I was rewriting the show,” Dippold told TheWrap, citing the Emmy-winning FX comedy that Murai directed nearly 30 episodes of as a major influence on her new Apple TV horror comedy. “I think Hiro is so brilliant at executing a very grounded world where you buy everything that’s happening...