Steven Okazaki
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).
Directing (13 movies)
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007
Living on Tokyo Time
1987
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
1991
The Mushroom Club
2005
The Conscience of Nhem En
2008
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
2000
Rehab
2005
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
2015
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
American Sons
1994
Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV
1995
Unfinished Business
1985
Hunting Tigers
1988
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Unfinished Business | 1985 | Writer |
| Unfinished Business | 1985 | Producer |
| Living on Tokyo Time | 1987 | Writer |
| Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo | 1991 | Writer |
| Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo | 1991 | Producer |
| American Sons | 1994 | Producer |
| American Sons | 1994 | Writer |
| White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 2007 | Writer |
| Giap's Last Day At The Ironing Board Factory | 2015 | Producer |
| Mifune: The Last Samurai | 2016 | Writer |
| Mifune: The Last Samurai | 2016 | Producer |