Director · Producer
Jimmy T. Murakami
5 credited titles on WatchWise
Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami (born June 5, 1933 in San Jose, California, USA; died February 16, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland) was an American animator and film director, best known for his live-action space opera "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) and his animated adaptations of Raymond Briggs' books "The Snowman" (1982) and "When the Wind Blows" (1986).
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Commercial performance
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2.7x return · 86% of films profitable · little recent work. Weighted toward recent releases (a film counts half as much every 6 years) and toward titles they actually carried.
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