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Steven Toll Okazaki is an American filmmaker. He is Sansei Japanese American 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).
Born
Tuesday, 01 January 1952
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Toyo's Camera | Self | 2009 |
| The Conscience of Nhem En | Narrator | 2008 |
| The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Toyo's Camera | Self | 2009 |
| The Conscience of Nhem En | Narrator | 2008 |
| The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1991 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Mifune: The Last Samurai | 2016 |
| Heroin: Cape Cod, USA | 2015 |
| Approximately Nels Cline | 2013 |
| The Conscience of Nhem En | 2008 |
| White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 2007 |
| The Mushroom Club | 2005 |
| Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street | 2000 |
| American Sons | 1994 |
| The Lisa Theory | 1994 |
| Days of Waiting | 1990 |
| P.O.V. | 1988 |
| Living on Tokyo Time | 1987 |
| Unfinished Business | 1985 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2009 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Short Subject | Nominated |
| 2008 | Emmy | Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking | Won |
| 2006 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Short Subjects | Nominated |
| 1991 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Short Subjects | Won |
| 1986 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
