Steven Okazaki

1952 (74) • Directing

Born: 3/12/1952 (74) in Venice, California, USA

Known for: Directing

Steven Okazaki

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).

Known For

Mifune: The Last Samurai

70%

Director

2016

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

76%

Director

2007

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

69%

Director

2000

Facing Fear

56%

Editorial Consultant

2013

Point of View

69%

Director

1988

Heroin: Cape Cod, USA

68%

Director

2015

Something Better to Come

67%

Additional Editing

2014

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

79%

Director

1991

Mifune: The Last Samurai

70%

Director

2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

70%

Editor

2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

70%

Writer

2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

70%

Producer

2016

Heroin: Cape Cod, USA

68%

Director

2015

Giap's Last Day At The Ironing Board Factory

Producer

2015

Something Better to Come

67%

Additional Editing

2014

Facing Fear

56%

Editorial Consultant

2013

The Conscience of Nhem En

60%

Director

2008

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

76%

Director

2007

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

76%

Writer

2007

Rehab

90%

Director

2005

The Mushroom Club

63%

Director

2005

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

69%

Director

2000

Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV

37%

Director

1995

American Sons

Director

1994

American Sons

Writer

1994

American Sons

Producer

1994

American Sons

Editor

1994

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

79%

Director

1991

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

79%

Writer

1991

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

79%

Producer

1991

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

79%

Cinematography

1991

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

79%

Editor

1991

Point of View

69%

Director

1988

Hunting Tigers

90%

Director

1988

Living on Tokyo Time

60%

Director

1987

Living on Tokyo Time

60%

Writer

1987