
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.
Directed 5
2020s
- 2022
2010s
- 2018
The Lockpicker
Director
- 2016
Ben Heppner: Moving Through Music
Director
- 2014
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
Director
2000s
- 2008
Machine With Wishbone
Director
Wrote 4
2010s
- 2018
The Lockpicker
Writer
- 2016
Ben Heppner: Moving Through Music
Writer
- 2014
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
Writer
2000s
- 2008
Machine With Wishbone
Writer
Acted in 1
2020s
- 2024
Alberta Number One
Movie
Produced 1
2010s
- 2018
The Lockpicker
Producer
Appearances1
2010s
- 2014
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
Narrator