About
YUTA OKAMURA
Yuta Okamura is a Japanese filmmaker working between Tokyo and Los Angeles. After moving to the United States at nineteen, he studied Film & Television Production
at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, with a focus on directing, 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 won the Peabody Award. In parallel, he has directed commercial, documentary, and music-driven work for international brands and media networks including Sony, The History Channel, Tennis Channel, Panasonic, Nikon, Olympus, ITO EN, and TAKURO of GLAY, developing a reputation for delivering precise, cinematic work at scale.
At his core, Okamura is a genre filmmaker shaped by Japanese tokusatsu, practical effects cinema, and large-scale visual storytelling. His process begins with storyboarding and image design, often combining miniatures, CG, and controlled cinematography to create tactile, visually driven worlds. While his documentary work has taken him deep into real communities and contemporary social issues, he sees that experience as field research for socially observant genre films — works that transform lived reality into heightened cinematic worlds of satire, mystery, and spectacle.
Contact: yo@studio-one-film.com
岡村裕太・映画監督
南カリフォルニア大学映画芸術学部 映画・テレビ制作学科にて映画演出を学び、学士号を取得。卒業後はロサンゼルスを拠点に活動を開始。米国アカデミー賞および英国アカデミー賞ノミネート作品『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。同作はサンダンス映画祭でワールドプレミアされ、ピーボディ賞を受賞するなど国際的評価を獲得した。また、ソニーと現代美術家・杉本博司によるWebシリーズ「科学から空想へ」の監督、TAKURO（GLAY）のミュージックビデオおよびライブ映像演出、伊藤園など国際ブランドの映像制作も手がけ、映画・ドキュメンタリー・広告・音楽映像を横断して活動している。
社会性のあるテーマを、観客が感情的に体験できるジャンル映画として描くことを志向する。絵コンテを基盤とした画角設計、CG・ミニチュアを含む視覚表現、ドキュメンタリーで培った観察力を強みとする。約10年にわたり演技を学んだ経験から、俳優との対話を重視した演出を大切にしている。国際的な映画制作の感覚と、日本の現場での実行力をあわせ持つ。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