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).

Directed

1. Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) — Director
2. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007) — Director
3. Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000) — Director
4. Point of View (1988) — Director
5. Heroin: Cape Cod, USA (2015) — Director
6. Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1991) — Director
7. Living on Tokyo Time (1987) — Director
8. The Conscience of Nhem En (2008) — Director
9. Unfinished Business (1985) — Director
10. The Mushroom Club (2005) — Director
11. Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV (1995) — Director
12. Rehab (2005) — Director
13. Hunting Tigers (1988) — Director
14. American Sons (1994) — Director