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James J. Murakami is a Director of Photography and Production Design American
James J. Murakami est un directeur artistique et chef décorateur américain. Il a notamment travaillé avec Clint Eastwood sur L'Échange ou encore Gran Torino, Invictus et Au-delà (Hereafter), avec Joe Roth sur Coupe de Ville.
(2015)
(Production Design)
(1993)
(Assistant Art Director)
(1984)
(Director of Photography)
(1987)
(Art Direction)
(2009)
(Production Design)
(1998)
(Art Direction)
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James J. Murakami est un directeur artistique et chef décorateur américain. Il a notamment travaillé avec Clint Eastwood sur L'Échange ou encore Gran Torino, Invictus et Au-delà (Hereafter), avec Joe Roth sur Coupe de Ville.
Best films
(2015)(Production Design)
(1993)(Assistant Art Director)
(1984)(Director of Photography)
(1987)(Art Direction)
(2009)(Production Design)
(1998)(Art Direction)
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Filmography of James J. Murakami (37 films)
Cameraman
Add to a movie listBeverly Hills Cop (1984)
, 1h45Directed by Martin Brest
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, Lisa Eilbacher
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
Axel Foley is a young, reckless Detroit police detective. His latest unauthorized sting operation goes sour when two uniformed officers intervene, resulting in a high-speed chase through the city which causes widespread damage. This earns him the anger of his boss, Inspector Douglas Todd, who promises to fire Foley if another such incident happens again.
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Sully (2016)
, 1h36Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Jerry Ferrara, Laura Linney, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany
Roles Production Design
Rating73%
The story of American pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who heroically landed a troubled aircraft full of passengers on the Hudson River.
American Sniper (2015)
, 2h12Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman, Max Charles, Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner
Roles Production Design
Rating73%
Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. Years later, Chris has become a rodeo cowboy and returns home to find his girlfriend in bed with a stranger. After telling her to leave, he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the navy. There he is eventually accepted for special training, becoming a U.S. Navy SEALs sniper.
Jersey Boys (2014)
, 2h14Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Christopher Walken, Vincent Piazza, John Lloyd Young, Kathrine Narducci, Steve Schirripa, Erich Bergen
Roles Production Design
Rating67%
In 1951, in Belleville, New Jersey, Tommy DeVito, narrating the story, introduces the audience to himself, Tommy's brother Nicky, and their friend Nick Massi, who perform together as The Variety Trio, and to a barber's son, 16-year-old Frankie Castelluccio, already well known in the neighborhood for his singing voice. Frankie has the admiration of Genovese Family mobster Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo, who takes a personal interest in him.
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, Matthew Lillard, John Goodman, Robert Patrick
Roles Production Design
Rating68%
An aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout, Gus Lobel (Eastwood), is given one last assignment to prove his value to the organization, who views him as unable to adapt to changes within the game. His boss and friend Pete (Goodman) does not want to see him let go, but is fighting off the advances of an ambitious younger protégé, Philip (Lillard), who is gunning to get Gus fired and take Pete's job.
J. Edgar (2011)
, 2h17Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench, Ed Westwick
Roles Production Design
Rating64%
The film opens with J. Edgar Hoover in his office during his later years. He asks that a writer, known as Agent Smith, be let in, so that he may tell the story of the origin of the FBI for the sake of the public. Hoover explains that the story begins in 1919, when A. Mitchell Palmer was Attorney General and Hoover's boss at the Justice Department. Palmer suffers an assassination attempt, but is unharmed when the bomb explodes earlier than intended. Hoover recalls that the police handling of the crime scene was primitive, and that it was that night that he recognized the importance of criminal science. Later, Hoover visits his mother, Anna Marie, and tells her that Palmer has put him in charge of a new anti-radical division, and that he has already begun compiling a list of suspected radicals. He leaves to meet Helen Gandy, who has just started as a secretary at the Justice Department. Hoover takes Gandy to the Library of Congress, and shows her the card catalog system he devised. He muses about how easy it would be to solve crimes if every citizen were as easily identifiable as the books in the library. When Hoover attempts to kiss her, she recoils. Hoover gets down on his knees and asks her to marry him, citing her organization and education, but his request is once again denied. However, Gandy agrees to become his personal secretary.
Hereafter (2010)
, 2h9Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Frankie McLaren / George McLaren, Thierry Neuvic, Lyndsey Marshal
Roles Production Design
Rating64%
On assignment in Thailand, French television journalist Marie Lelay (Cécile de France) is shopping for souvenirs for her lover's children. She finds a stand where a mother and her daughter work; they sell gifts to Marie for a dollar. Her lover Didier (Thierry Neuvic) looks over the balcony and witnesses the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami coming into shore. It hits as Marie watches from a distance. She grabs hold of the girl and runs away from the shore but is quickly swallowed by the wave. Pulled lifeless from the water, she is resuscitated by rescuers but is left for dead. She gasps back to life after having a near-death experience in which she sees a vision of human figures inhabiting a realm of light, among them the silhouettes of the mother and daughter holding hands. Marie and Didier are soon reunited as the disaster subsides and they return to Paris. Marie's experience, however, interferes with her work performance to the point that Didier (who is also her producer) sends her on a leave of absence to write the book they've discussed, which would add to her prestige.
Gran Torino (2009)
, 1h52Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about racism, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Cory Hardrict, Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Hughes, Christopher Carley
Roles Production Design
Rating80%
Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is a cantankerous, retired Polish American assembly line worker and Korean War veteran, who has recently been widowed after 50 years of marriage, causing him to be a lapsed Catholic. His Highland Park, Michigan neighborhood in the Detroit area, formerly populated by working class white families, is now dominated by poor Asian immigrants, and gang violence is commonplace. Adding to the isolation he feels is the emotional detachment of his family.
Invictus (2009)
, 2h14Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Sports films, Rugby, Political films, Rugby à XV
Actors Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood, Adjoa Andoh, Leleti Khumalo, Julian Lewis Jones
Roles Production Design
Rating72%
On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison after having spent 27 years in jail. Four years later, Mandela is elected the first black President of South Africa. His presidency faces enormous challenges in the post-Apartheid era, including rampant poverty and crime, and Mandela is particularly concerned about racial divisions between black and white South Africans, which could lead to violence. The ill will which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers, who had guarded Mandela's predecessors, and the black ANC additions to the security detail, are frosty and marked by mutual distrust.
Changeling (2008)
, 2h21Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about capital punishment, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, John Malkovich, Jason Butler Harner, Riki Lindhome, Colm Feore
Roles Production Design
Rating77%
In Los Angeles in 1928, single mother Christine Collins (Jolie) returns home to discover her nine-year-old son, Walter (Gattlin Griffith), is missing. Reverend Gustav Briegleb (Malkovich) publicizes Christine's plight and rails against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for its incompetence, corruption and the extrajudicial punishment meted out by its "Gun Squad" led by Chief James E. Davis (Feore). Several months after Walter's disappearance, the LAPD tells Christine that he has been found alive. Believing the positive publicity will negate recent criticism of the department, the LAPD organizes a public reunion. Although "Walter" (Devon Conti) claims he is Christine's son, she says he is not. Captain J. J. Jones (Donovan), the head of the LAPD's Juvenile Division, insists the boy is Walter and pressures Christine into taking him home "on a trial basis".
Rails & Ties (2007)
, 1h36Directed by Alison Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer, Eugene Byrd, Marin Hinkle, Bonnie Root
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
Laura Danner is a mentally ill, single mother who takes illegal drugs and is unable to care for her 10-year-old son Davey. Driven to despair, she decides to commit suicide by driving a car on to a railway track, taking Davey with her. She offers him some tranquillisers beforehand but, unbeknownst to her, he spits them out. His mother drives on to the tracks. As a train approaches, Davey tries in vain to drag her out of the car, himself jumping clear just in time. Two train crewmen, Tom Stark and Otis Higgs, seeing the car on the tracks ahead, argue about whether an emergency stop will derail the train or not. However, he train hits and kills the boy's mother. Subsequently, the railroad company calls for an internal inquiry and suspends the two drivers.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
, 2h15Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryō Kase, Yuki Matsuzaki, Nakamura Shidō II
Roles Production Design
Rating77%
In 2005, Japanese archaeologists explore tunnels on Iwo Jima, where they find something in the dirt.
The Rundown (2003)
, 1h44Directed by Peter Berg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Buddy films
Actors Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson, Ewen Bremner, Stephen Bishop
Roles Set Designer
Rating66%
Beck (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is a "retrieval expert", a bounty hunter who collects debts for a man named Walker (William Lucking). He is dispatched to a nightclub to retrieve a championship ring from a football player, and after doing so is assaulted by one of Walker's other collectors. Angry, he confronts Walker and tells him that he wants out of the business. Walker talks him into one last bounty - retrieve Walker's son Travis (Seann William Scott) from a small mining town in Brazil and Walker will give him enough money to open his own restaurant. Beck accepts and leaves for Brazil. When Beck arrives in the town of El Dorado he meets with the man running the mining operation, Mr. Hatcher (Christopher Walken). Hatcher gives Beck his blessing to grab Travis, but reneges when he finds out that Travis has discovered a missing golden artifact called "El Gato do Diabo". Beck confronts Hatcher and his men in the local bar and leaves with Travis. On the way back to the airfield, Travis forces their Jeep off the road and into the jungle. There he tries to escape but is re-captured by Beck. After an unfortunate encounter with some local monkeys, the two find themselves in the camp of the local resistance movement.
Enemy of the State (1998)
, 2h12Directed by Tony Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Films about computing, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Jack Black, Gabriel Byrne, Regina King
Roles Art Direction
Rating72%
In the 1990s, U.S. National Security Agency official Thomas Bryan Reynolds (Jon Voight) meets with congressman Phil Hammersley (R-NY) (Jason Robards) in a public park to discuss support for new counter-terrorism legislation the U.S. Congress is pushing that dramatically expands the surveillance powers of intelligence agencies on individuals and groups. Hammersley remains committed to blocking its passage, since he believes it would almost totally destroy the privacy of American citizens. Reynolds has his team murder Hammersley, spread heart pills over his car, place him in the car and push it in a lake to make it look like he had a heart attack. In the aftermath, they discover too late that wildlife researcher Daniel Zavits (Jason Lee) had a camera aimed in the woods at their location. Zavits inspects the footage, transfers the video to an innocuous video game disc and flees the apartment ahead of Reynolds's team.
, 2h35Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, Jude Law, Alison Eastwood, Irma P. Hall
Roles Art Direction
Rating65%
This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey): self-made man, art collector, antiques dealer, bon vivant, and semi-closeted homosexual.