[2] He rose to prominence with his work on the FX series Atlanta (2016–2022), created by and starring frequent collaborator Donald Glover, on which he served as a director and producer.
[4] After graduation, Murai turned to freelance work as the director of photography for numerous music videos, as well as VFX and storyboarding, most notably for Ace Norton.
In 2013, he directed the short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons,[5][6] a companion piece for Childish Gambino's second studio album, Because the Internet, and its attached screenplay.
[15] In June 2018, it was announced that he would direct a science fiction feature film, Man Alive, written by David Robert Mitchell.
[16] In November 2018, the trailer for his debut feature film Guava Island, starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, premiered at the Pharos Festival in New Zealand.