YUTA OKAMURA
Yuta Okamura is a Japanese filmmaker working between Tokyo and Los Angeles. After moving to the United States at nineteen, he studied directing at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts and began building his career across both the studio system and independent filmmaking.
He served as co-producer and cinematographer on Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Ito), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature, a BAFTA nomination, and the Peabody Award. In parallel, he has directed commercial and music-driven work for international brands and artists including Sony, Ito En, and TAKURO (GLAY), developing a reputation for delivering precise, cinematic work at scale.
Okamura’s filmmaking is defined by visual control, emotional immediacy, and a fascination with the invisible structures that shape human lives. Working across narrative, documentary, and large-format commercial work, he brings together rigorous framing, storyboarding, practical design, CG, and miniature-based image making to build ambitious worlds with discipline and clarity.
He places a strong emphasis on performance. Through years of studying acting in workshops, he developed a deep respect for the actor’s process and brings that sensitivity into the way he directs—focusing on emotional truth, behavior, and presence on screen.
Rooted in both Japanese and American filmmaking culture, Okamura is building a body of work designed to travel internationally: films with formal ambition, audience pull, and a clear point of view.
Contact: yo@studio-one-film.com
岡村裕太・映画監督
19歳で渡米、南カリフォルニア大学映画制作学部にて映画演出を専攻。卒業後はハリウッドを拠点に活動を開始。サンダンス映画祭ワールドプレミア作品『Black Box Diaries』(伊藤詩織監督)に共同プロデューサー／撮影として参加し、同作はアカデミー賞長編ドキュメンタリー部門およびBAFTAにノミネートし、ピーボディ賞を受賞するなど国際的評価を獲得した。同時に、TAKURO(GLAY)のミュージックビデオおよびライブ映像監督やSonyや伊藤園などの国際ブランドの映像制作を手がけるなど、商業領域にも活動を広げてきた。
3歳で出会った映画体験を原点に、作品を通じて観客に現実社会や人の生き方について考えるきっかけを届けることを志向する。制作において、社会的背景や人間の感情が立ち上がる構造に関心を持ち、ジャンルを横断しながら表現を探求している。CG・ミニチュアでの映像表現、絵コンテを基盤とした的確な画角設計が強み。
渡米時から約10年、ワークショップで自ら演技を学んできた経験から、コミュニケーションを軸に、俳優の人生に蓄積された感情や体験を丁寧にすくい上げる演出を大切にしている。作品に対して粘り強く向き合い、周囲を巻き込みながら現場に活気を生み出し、最後まで丁寧に仕上げていく。
Email: yo@studio-one-film.com
Recognition / 受賞歴
『Black Box Diaries』 (Co-producer, Cinematographer / 共同プロデューサー・撮影監督)
— Sundance Film Festival, World Premiere
— Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary Feature (97th Academy Awards)
— BAFTA nomination
— Peabody Award winner
As Director / 監督作品
『Waking Up』(Director)
— Asians on Film Festival Awards 2013: Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor
— Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2011: Best Short Film
— Women of Cinema Film Festival: Best Cinematography
— HATCH Experience 2013: Groundbreaker Award (グランプリ)
— TSS Short Film Festival 2012: Best Film
『The Lost Samurai』(Director)
— Rappahannock Independent Film Festival 2011: Jury Award
— HATCH Experience 2011: Groundbreaker Award (グランプリ・日本人初受賞)
— Brainwash Film Festival: Best Film
— Southern California Business Film Festival: Best Editing
As Cinematographer or Editor / 撮影・編集として参加した作品
『Advantage Omar』(Cinematographer, Editor / 撮影・編集)
— International Academy of Web Television Awards 2018: Official Selection, Best Pre-Recorded Hosted Series
『Resistance is Life』(Editor / 編集)
— San Diego Film Festival: Audience Award, Best Documentary
— San Francisco Documentary Festival: Best Feature, Audience Award
— Dances with Films: Audience Award, Best Documentary
— Kobalin International Film Festival: Social Change Award
— Savannah Film Festival: Best Documentary Feature
— Mallorca International Film Festival: Best Documentary
— Macon Film Festival: Grand Prize
— Rojava Film Festival: Best Documentary
