- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- —
- Place of Birth
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Randall Okita
Randall Okita is a Japanese Canadian artist and filmmaker known for creating work that involves rich visual language and innovative approaches to storytelling. His work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions, awarded internationally, and screened around the world. Recent work includes directing the feature film See for Me (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival), writing and creating the virtual reality experience The Book of Distance (Sundance, Venice, Tribeca) with the National Film Board of Canada, and showing A Place Between, a solo exhibition of artwork at the Prince Takamado Gallery in Tokyo. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Okita lives and works in Toronto and Japan.
Filmography
movieAlberta Number One
2024
movieSee for Me
2022 · Director
The Book of Distance
movieThe Book of Distance
2020 · Director
movieThe Lockpicker
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieBen Heppner: Moving Through Music
2016 · Director, Writer
movieThe Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
2014 · Narrator, Director, Writer
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence
moviePortrait as a Random Act of Violence
2013 · Man, Director, Producer
No Contract
movieNo Contract
2012 · Director, Writer
Fish in Barrel
movieFish in Barrel
2009 · Director, Writer
movieMachine With Wishbone
2008 · Director, Writer
Menace
movieMenace
— · Director