Director
Steven Okazaki
74 years · Venice, California, USA · 10 films
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).
Best known for
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Director, Editor
On History Vault
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007 · Director, Writer
On HBO Max
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
2000 · Director
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
2015 · Director
On HBO Max
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
1991 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Living on Tokyo Time
1987 · Director, Writer
Filmography 10
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Director, Editor
On History Vault
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
2015 · Director
On HBO Max
The Conscience of Nhem En
2008 · Director
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007 · Director, Writer
On HBO Max
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
2000 · Director
Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV
1995 · Director
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
1991 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Hunting Tigers
1988 · Director
Living on Tokyo Time
1987 · Director, Writer
Unfinished Business
1985 · Cinematography, Writer