Randall Okita
Directing
Biography
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Randall Okita
See for Me
2022
ARCHIVE REEL
PA
EDITION NO. 677Portrait as a Random Act of Violence
•2013
10.0
ARCHIVE REEL
NC
EDITION NO. 251No Contract
•2012
No Contract
2012
ARCHIVE REEL
FI
EDITION NO. 473Fish in Barrel
•2009
Fish in Barrel
2009
Filmography
Acting (3)
2014
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxeras Narrator
4.2
2013
10.0
Production & Directing (18)
2022
See for MeDirector
6.0
2020
The Book of DistanceDirector
2018
The LockpickerDirector
5.8
2018
The LockpickerWriter
5.8
2018
The LockpickerProducer
5.8
2016
2016
2014
4.2
2014
4.2
2013
10.0
2013
10.0
2012
No ContractDirector
2012
No ContractWriter
2009
Fish in BarrelDirector
2009
Fish in BarrelWriter
2008
Machine With WishboneDirector
2008
Machine With WishboneWriter
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MenaceDirector