{
  "id": 7458744,
  "title": "‘Widow’s Bay’s Hiro Murai Makes History As First Asian Director To Win Emmy For Comedy Directing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/widows-bays-hiro-murai-makes-history-as-first-asian-director-to-win",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T03:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/hiro-murai-emmys-first-asian-director-comedy-widows-bay-1237103288/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hiro Murai has become the first Asian director to win an Emmy for comedy directing with Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay. Murai, who joins Lee Sung Jin for Beef Season 1 and Hwang Dong-hyuk for Squid Game Season 1, marks the third Asian director to win in any Emmy category. He directed five episodes of the […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Hiro Murai Becomes First Asian Director to Win Emmy for Comedy Directing With ‘Widow’s Bay’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/hiro-murai-becomes-first-asian-director-to-win-emmy-for-comedy",
        "published": "2026-09-15T01:50:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Hiro Murai Becomes First Asian Director to Win Emmy for Comedy Directing With Apple TV’s ‘Widow’s Bay’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/hiro-murai-becomes-first-asian-director-to-win-emmy-for-comedy-7451266",
        "published": "2026-09-15T02:18:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}