Kitao Sakurai

Director · Born January 1, 1983 · Kinugasa, Kyoto, Japan

Biography

Kitao Sakurai (born 1983) is a Japanese-American actor, writer, producer, and film and television director. He is known for directing the 2021 Netflix film Bad Trip. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kitao Sakurai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 12

2020s

2010s

2018
The Passage
Director
2015
Unemployable
Director
2012
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
Director
The Eric Andre Show
Director
83
2010
Aardvark
Director

Acted in 6

2010s

2012
We Are the Hartmans
Music Video Director
2011
Treatment
Tennis Instructor
2010
Aardvark
Darius Szopa

1990s

1999
Dogma
Stygian Triplet
70
1997
The Best Bad Thing
Zenny Hata
1995
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Justin Banning

Wrote 6

2020s

2026
Street Fighter
Screenplay
58
2021
Bad Trip
Story, Screenplay
67

2010s

2018
The Passage
Writer
2012
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
Writer
The Eric Andre Show
Writer
83
2010
Aardvark
Writer

Produced 5

2020s

2025
Butterfly
Executive Producer
68
2023
Twisted Metal
Executive Producer
74
BEEF
Executive Producer
79

2010s

2015
Unemployable
Executive Producer
2012
The Eric Andre Show
Executive Producer
83

Camera 2

2000s

2009
You Wont Miss Me
Director of Photography
Circledrawers
Grip

Other crew 2

2010s

2019
KRFT PUNK'S Political Party!
Creative Consultant
2012
The Eric Andre Show
Creative Consultant
83

Appearances3

2020s

2021
Bad Trip
Self
67

2010s

2012
The Eric Andre Show
Self · 1 episode
83
2010
SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
Self