Steven Okazaki

Director

Born: March 12, 1952 (74 years old)

Place of birth: Venice, California, USA

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).

Filmography (10)

• White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007, ★ 7.6)
• Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1991, ★ 8)
• Living on Tokyo Time (1987, ★ 6)
• The Conscience of Nhem En (2008, ★ 6)
• Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000, ★ 6.8)
• Heroin: Cape Cod, USA (2015, ★ 6.8)
• Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016, ★ 7.1)
• Something Better to Come (2014, ★ 6.7)
• POV (1988, ★ 6.9)
• Facing Fear (2013, ★ 5.5)