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).

KNOWN FOR

POV
1990
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Something Better to Come
2014
Harsh Canvas: The Art & Life of Henry Sugimoto
2001
Hunting Tigers
1988
Unfinished Business
1985
American Sons
1994
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007
Living on Tokyo Time
1987
Facing Fear
2013
The Conscience of Nhem En
2008
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
2015

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
14
Writing
6
Producing
5
Camera
2
Editing
7
Crew
2
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Director
2015
Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
Director
2008
The Conscience of Nhem En
Director
2007
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Director
2005
The Mushroom Club
Director
2005
Rehab
Director
2000
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Director
1995
Alone Together: Young Adults Living With HIV
Director
1994
American Sons
Director
1991
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Director
1990
POV
Director
1988
Hunting Tigers
Director
1987
Living on Tokyo Time
Director
1985
Unfinished Business
Director