Randall Okita
Place of Birth
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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 Bo...
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 (11)
Alberta Number One
2024
See for Me
2022
The Book of Distance
2020
🎬 Director
The Lockpicker
2018
Ben Heppner: Moving Through Music
2016
🎬 Director
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
2014
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence
2013
No Contract
2012
🎬 DirectorFish in Barrel
2009
🎬 Director
Machine With Wishbone
2008
🎬 DirectorMenace
🎬 Director