Steven Okazaki
Known for
Directing
Born
March 12, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Venice, California, USA
Biography
Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952, in Venice, California) is an American filmmaker. He is Sansei Japanese American (3rd generation) and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has received a Peabody Award and been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1990).
Best known work
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
2000
Facing Fear
2013
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
2015
POV
1988
Something Better to Come
2014
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
1991
Living on Tokyo Time
1987
The Conscience of Nhem En
2008Filmography
2016
Mifune: The Last SamuraiProducer, Director, Writer, Editor
2015
Heroin: Cape Cod, USADirector
2015
2014
Something Better to ComeAdditional Editing
2013
Facing FearEditorial Consultant
2008
The Conscience of Nhem EnDirector
2007
2005
RehabDirector
2005
The Mushroom ClubDirector
2001
2000
1995
1994
American SonsEditor, Director, Producer, Writer
1991
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle IshigoDirector, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
1988
1988
Hunting TigersDirector
1987
Living on Tokyo TimeDirector, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
1985
Unfinished BusinessDirector of Photography, Director, Producer, Editor, Writer