About
YUTA OKAMURA
Yuta Okamura is a bilingual Japanese director whose work moves between intimate human drama and large-scale cinematic spectacle. Based in Tokyo, he combines actor-centered storytelling and social tension with humor, genre filmmaking, and practical effects. After moving to the United States at nineteen, he earned a BA in Film and Television Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His narrative shorts include Waking Up, The Lost Samurai, and Office Hours, an ensemble comedy about corporate absurdity.
As co-producer and cinematographer on Black Box Diaries, Okamura helped shape its intimate visual language during a two-year production filmed largely with director Shiori Ito. The film premiered at Sundance, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature and a BAFTA nomination, and won the Peabody Award.
Okamura directed, photographed, and edited Sony’s six-part STAR SPHERE series From Science to Fantasy, hosted by world-renowned artist Hiroshi Sugimoto and filmed at Enoura Observatory. The series explores humanity’s relationship with space through art and imagination. He has also directed large-scale stadium films for two Japanese professional baseball clubs, integrating music, lighting, live cameras, and performance for audiences of up to 35,000.
Okamura is developing miniature-based practical-effects techniques with Marbling Fine Arts, extending Japan’s handcrafted filmmaking tradition into contemporary genre cinema. The collaboration informs MONSTER, his elevated sci-fi feature set in a disappearing Japanese town, where actor-driven drama and social urgency meet handcrafted miniatures and large-scale 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
Award / Nomination
2025
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US - Nomination of Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking "Black Box Diaries"
Best Short Film - Shinshu International Film Festival 2025
2018
Best Pre-Recorded Hosted Series - Nomination of International Academy of Web Television Awards 2018
2013
Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor - Asians on Film Festival Awards 2013
Groundbreaker Award - HATCH Experience 2013
2012
Best Film - TSS Short Film Festival 2012
Best Short Film - Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2011
Best Cinematography - Women of Cinema Film Festival
2011
Jury Award: Rappahannock Independent Film Festival 2011
Groundbreaker Award: HATCH Experience 2011
2010
Best Film: Brainwash Film Festival 2010
Best Editing: Southern California Business Film Festival 2010