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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.
Steven Okazaki is an accomplished documentary filmmaker and writer, best known for his films about social justice issues and the experiences of Japanese Americans. He was born on April 7, 1950 in Venice, California, to parents who had been interned during World War II as part of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Running time. 86 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an HBO documentary film directed and produced by Steven Okazaki. It was released on August 6, 2007, on HBO, marking the 62nd anniversary of the first atomic bombing.
BIOGRAPHY STEVEN OKAZAKI. The films of Steven Okazaki explore a wide range of subjects -- from Tokyo pop culture and the Mi to nuclear war, from drug addiction to the Minnesota State Fair. He is a four-time Academy Award® nominee and an Oscar® winner in 1991.
Language. English. Days of Waiting (1991) is a documentary short film directed, written and produced by Steven Okazaki about Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian artist who went voluntarily to an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
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 ...
Steven Okazaki is an Oscar-winning director whose latest project, Mifune: The Last Samurai, chronicles the life of Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. Mifune rose from the destruction of post-war Japan to leave an indelible mark on cinema from Tokyo to Hollywood.
