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Steven Okazaki

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 03/12/1952 (72) | Venice, California (United States of America (USA))
Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker known for his raw, cinéma vérité-style documentaries that frequently show ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. He has received a Peabody Award, a Primetime Emmy and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo. ()

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).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | War | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

When her visa expires, a young Japanese immigrant in San Francisco agrees to marry a Japanese-American boy to avoid being deported back to Japan. ...

Living on Tokyo Time

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1987 | 2.5/5 | 1h 23min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. ...

Mifune: The Last Samurai

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2016 | 3.6/5 | 1h 20min
Documentary
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Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many ...

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

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2007 | 3.9/5 | 1h 26min
Documentary, War
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The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and was in ...

Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

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1991 | 3.5/5 | 28min
Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Steven Okazaki

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film 3x Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
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Movies with Steven Okazaki as Crew(27)

Directing/Director2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai
Editing/Editor2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai
Production/Producer2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai
Writing/Writer2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai
Production/Producer2015 Giap's Last Day At The Ironing Board Factory
Directing/Director2015 Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
Editing/Editorial Consultant2013 Facing Fear
Directing/Director2008 The Conscience of Nhem En
Directing/Director2007 White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Writing/Writer2007 White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Directing/Director2005 Rehab
Directing/Director2005 The Mushroom Club
Directing/Director2000 Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Directing/Director1995 Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV
Directing/Director1991 Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Production/Producer1991 Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Writing/Writer1991 Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Directing/Director1988 Hunting Tigers
Camera/Director of Photography1987 Living on Tokyo Time
Directing/Director1987 Living on Tokyo Time
Editing/Editor1987 Living on Tokyo Time
Writing/Writer1987 Living on Tokyo Time
Crew/Cinematography1986 Unfinished Business
Directing/Director1986 Unfinished Business
Editing/Editor1986 Unfinished Business
Production/Producer1986 Unfinished Business
Writing/Writer1986 Unfinished Business

TV Shows/Series with Steven Okazaki as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1988 POV

Full Name: Steven Okazaki
Born: Wednesday, 03/12 1952 (March) in Venice, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 72 years + 44 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Educated at: San Francisco State University, Venice High School, Cinema Department at San Francisco State University
Steven Okazaki frequently works together with these people:
Jason Cohen (4x, Crew)
Guy Mossman (3x, Crew)
Andrew Walton (3x, Crew)
Freida Lee Mock (3x, Crew)
Nina Rosenblum (3x, Crew)
Laura Poitras (3x, Crew)
Greg Knowles (3x, Crew)
Jane Kaihatsu (3x, Crew)
Jeffrey Wood (2x, Crew)
Tohru Hina (2x, Crew)
Tony Nguyen (2x, Cast)
Yasuyuki Ishikawa (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:487244, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024