FARALLON FILMS

Steven Okazaki Filmography

2016 Director, Writer, Editor
MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI
Sedic International / Strand Releasing

2015 Producer, Director, Camera & Editor
HEROIN: CAPE COD, USA
Streaming on Max

2014    Producer (with Tony Nguyen), Writer, Editor
GIAP’S LAST DAY AT THE IRONING BOARD FACTORY (Short)
PBS

2012    Director, Editor
APPROXIMATELY NELS CLINE (Short)
Fantasy Studios / First Run Features. 

2011    Producer, Director
ALL WE COULD CARRY (Short)
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

2010   Producer (with Tom Gorai), Co-Director, Editor
CRUSHED: THE OXYCONTIN INTERVIEWS (Short)
ShadowCatcher Entertainment

2008   Producer, Director, Editor
THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN (Short)
HBO / Cinemax
 Academy Award Nomination

 2007   Producer, Director, Editor
WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN
Streaming on Max
Primetime Emmy

2005    Director, Camera, Editor
THE MUSHROOM CLUB (Short)
HBO
Academy Award Nomination

2004    Producer, Director, Camera
REHAB
HBO 

2003    Producer, Director, Editor
NIKKEI STYLE (Short)

2002    Director, Camera, Editor
THE FAIR (Short)
PBS “Life 360” 

1999    Producer, Director, Camera, Editor
BLACK TAR HEROIN: THE DARK END OF THE STREET
HBO 

1996    Producer, Director, Editor
LIFE WAS GOOD (Short)
NHK Hi-Vision

1995    Producer, Director, Editor
ALONE TOGETHER (Short)
NHK Hi-Vision

1994    Writer, Director, Editor
AMERICAN SONS (Short)
PBS

1993    Writer, Director, Editor
THE LISA THEORY

1992    Producer, Director, Camera, Editor
TROUBLED PARADISE
PBS / Corporation for Public Broadcasting

 1990    Producer, Director
DAYS OF WAITING (Short)
PBS / Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Academy Award
George Foster Peabody Award

 1988    Director, Editor
HUNTING TIGERS (Short)
PBS / National Endowment for the Arts

1987    Director, Co-Writer, Editor
LIVING ON TOKYO TIME
Skouras Pictures / MGM

1985    Producer, Director, Editor
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
PBS / Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Academy Award Nomination

1984 Director, Camera, Editor
THE ONLY LANGUAGE SHE KNOWS (Short)

1982    Director, Camera, Editor
SURVIVORS
PBS / WGBH “World”

1980    Director, Editor
JUDY & PAUL (Short)
For KQED-TV “Evening Edition”

1978    Director, Camera, Writer
A LITTLE JOKE (Short)
Churchill Films

1977    Director, Camera, Editor
A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-S (Short)
Churchill Films / Broadcast on CBS

Student Films
1976 LONG NECKS & SKINNY FACES (Short narrative)
1975 YOUR BIRD CAN SING (Short narrative)
1974 MAKING FACES (Short narrative)

Other Film/TV
2014 Editorial Consultant, FACING FEAR, Director: Jason Cohen
2013    Editor, ZVALKA, Director: Hanna Polak
2012    Consultant, SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE, Director: Debbie Lum
2000   Music Video Producer, GLIDE ENSEMBLE 
1995    Consultant, HIROSHIMA, Showtime, Director: Roger Spottiswoode
1994 Camera Assistant, CRUMB, Producer: Lynn O’Donnell
1992    Co-Director, ISHI: THE LAST YAHI, PBS “American Experience”
1987    Co-Producer, HOME AT LAST, TV movie developed for ABC
1985    Consultant, THE VOICE OF TANGO, KQED, Producer: Lynn O’Donnell
1983    Consultant, THE STATE OF THE LANGUAGE, KQED, Lynn O’Donnell