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Steven Okazaki (Steven Toll Okazaki) was born on 12 March, 1952 in Venice, California, United States, is an American documentary filmmaker (born 1952). Discover Steven Okazaki's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
| Popular As |
Steven Toll Okazaki |
| Occupation |
Director · Producer · Writer · Editor · Cinematographer |
| Age |
72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
12 March, 1952 |
| Birthday |
12 March |
| Birthplace |
Venice, California, United States |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Director with the age 72 years old group.
Steven Okazaki Height, Weight & Measurements
At 72 years old, Steven Okazaki height not available right now. We will update Steven Okazaki's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
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| Hair Color |
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Who Is Steven Okazaki's Wife?
His wife is Peggy Orenstein (m. 1991)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Peggy Orenstein (m. 1991) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Daisy Tomoko |
Steven Okazaki Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Steven Okazaki worth at the age of 72 years old? Steven Okazaki’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from United States. We have estimated Steven Okazaki's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Director |
Steven Okazaki Social Network
Timeline
Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker known for his raw, cinéma vérité-style documentaries that frequently show ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
He has received a Peabody Award, a Primetime Emmy and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo.
Steven Okazaki started his career at Churchill Films in 1976, making narrative and documentary shorts.
Okazaki was also involved as a multi-instrumentalist in a San Francisco punk rock music group called The Maids (1977–79), whose sole record, a single called 'Back to Bataan,' gained some notoriety by way of later punk music compilations.
In 1982, he produced Survivors for WGBH Boston, a documentary short about Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors.
In 1985, he received his first Academy Award nomination for Unfinished Business, about three Nisei Japanese Americans who challenged the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in court.
In 1987, he wrote and directed the independent film, Living on Tokyo Time, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released by Skouras Pictures.
In 1991, he won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo, about Estelle Peck Ishigo, a Caucasian artist who accompanied her Japanese American husband to a Japanese internment camp.
Okazaki continued to make documentary films for PBS and later with HBO.
They have a daughter, Daisy Tomoko, born in 2003.
In 2006, he received his third Academy Award nomination for The Mushroom Club, a personal documentary about his journey to Japan to interview atomic bomb survivors on the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
He co-received the 2008 "Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking" Primetime Emmy Award for White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his fourth Oscar nomination in 2009, for the documentary short The Conscience of Nhem En, about three survivors of the Tuol Sleng Prison.
His production company, Farallon Films, is based in Berkeley, California.
