Jimmy Murakami

Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, (村上輝明　"Murakami Teruaki", June 5, 1933 – February 16, 2014) was a Japanese American animator and director. He is best-known for the animated adaptations of the Raymond Briggs books "When the Wind Blows" and "The Snowman". He formed Murakami-Wolf Films with Fred Wolf.
He died in 2014, aged 80.