Steven Okazaki
Directing

Steven Okazaki

Born 1952-03-12 · Venice, California, USA

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★ 7.2
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki★ 7.7
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA★ 6.8
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
2015
Unfinished Business★ 6.2
Unfinished Business
1986
Days of Waiting★ 7
Days of Waiting
1991
Facing Fear★ 6.3
Facing Fear
2013
Hunting Tigers★ 9
Hunting Tigers
1988
Living on Tokyo Time★ 5
Living on Tokyo Time
1987