Hiro Murai becomes 1st Asian to win Emmy for comedy directing

Japanese-born filmmaker Hiro Murai won an Emmy Award on Monday for directing the comedy series "Widow's Bay," becoming the first Asian director to win in the category, the Television Academy said.Murai directed five of the 10 episodes in the series, with the first episode receiving the award.Born in Tokyo, Murai moved to Los Angeles at the age of 9 and became a filmmaker in the United States. He won a Grammy Award for best music video in 2019 for Childish Gambino's "This Is America."His father, Kunihiko Murai, is a composer known for songs including "Tsubasa wo Kudasai (Please Give Me Wings…READ FULL ARTICLE