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).
Academy Awards
Best Documentary
Full Filmography
Directing
Unfinished Business
(1985)
Director
Living on Tokyo Time
(1987)
Director
Hunting Tigers
(1988)
Director
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
(1991)
Director
American Sons
(1994)
Director
Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV
(1995)
Director
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
(2000)
Director
The Mushroom Club
(2005)
Director
Rehab
(2005)
Director
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(2007)
Director
The Conscience of Nhem En
(2008)
Director
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
(2015)
Director
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Director
Writing
Unfinished Business
(1985)
Writer
Living on Tokyo Time
(1987)
Writer
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
(1991)
Writer
American Sons
(1994)
Writer
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(2007)
Writer
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Writer
Production
Unfinished Business
(1985)
Producer
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
(1991)
Producer
American Sons
(1994)
Producer
Giap's Last Day At The Ironing Board Factory
(2015)
Producer
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Producer
Editing
Unfinished Business
(1985)
Editor
Living on Tokyo Time
(1987)
Editor
American Sons
(1994)
Editor
Facing Fear
(2013)
Editorial Consultant
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Editor
Camera