Randall Okita

Randall Okita

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Biography

Randall Okita is a Japanese Canadian artist and filmmaker known for creating work that involves rich visual language and innovative approaches to storytelling. His work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions, awarded internationally, and screened around the world.

Recent work includes directing the feature film See for Me (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival), writing and creating the virtual reality experience The Book of Distance (Sundance, Venice, Tribeca) with the National Film Board of Canada, and showing A Place Between, a solo exhibition of artwork at the Prince Takamado Gallery in Tokyo.

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Okita lives and works in Toronto and Japan.

Best known work

See for Me
See for Me
2022
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
2014
The Lockpicker
The Lockpicker
2018
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence
2013
Alberta Number One
Alberta Number One
2024
Machine With Wishbone
Machine With Wishbone
2008
No Contract
No Contract
2012
Fish in Barrel
Fish in Barrel
2009
The Book of Distance
The Book of Distance
2020
Menace
Menace

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Menace

    Director

  2. 2024

  3. 2022

    See for Me

    Director

  4. 2020

  5. 2018

    The Lockpicker

    Director, Writer, Producer

  6. 2016

  7. 2014

    The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer

    as Narrator, Director, Writer

  8. 2013

    Portrait as a Random Act of Violence

    as Man, Director, Producer

  9. 2012

    No Contract

    Director, Writer

  10. 2009

    Fish in Barrel

    Director, Writer

  11. 2008

    Machine With Wishbone

    Director, Writer

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