Directing

Steven Okazaki

12.03.1952 Venice, California, USA 18 credits Homepage

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).

Career

1985 2016

14 Directing 5 Production 17 Movies 1 Series

1980

1990

2000

2010

Filmography

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Heroin: Cape Cod, USA

Giap's Last Day At The Ironing Board Factory

Something Better to Come

Additional Editing

Editorial Consultant

The Conscience of Nhem En

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Director, Writer

The Mushroom Club

Harsh Canvas: The Art & Life of Henry Sugimoto

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV

Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

Cinematography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Series — 1988

Living on Tokyo Time

Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer

Unfinished Business

Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer