YUTA OKAMURA
Japanese film director trained at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
His work blends documentary realism with narrative intimacy, focusing on memory, social systems, and human connection.
He co-produced and shot Black Box Diaries, a feature documentary nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Based in Tokyo, working internationally.
At the age of 19, he moved to the United States and enrolled in the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he studied film directing under Emmy Award–winning director and legendary Hollywood comedy filmmaker Burnett Kellman. He graduated in 2011.
While at USC, his short films received strong recognition at international film festivals. His short film The Lost Samurai won the Grand Prize at the HATCH Film Festival, followed by the Best Short Film Award at the Brainwash Film Festival and the Editing Award at the Southern California Business Film Festival.
In 2011, his short film Waking Up achieved a historic milestone by winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor at the Asian on Film Awards—the first time a Japanese filmmaker received all three awards. The film also won Best Short Film at the Los Angeles Japanese Film Festival, Best Cinematography at the Women of Cinema Film Festival, and the Grand Prize at the HATCH Film Festival for two consecutive years, establishing his international reputation early in his career.
Based between Tokyo and Los Angeles, he works across a wide range of visual storytelling, including narrative films, television series, commercials, music videos, and corporate branding films, while maintaining a strong focus on cinematic filmmaking.
Since 2018, he has served as co-producer and cinematographer on Black Box Diaries, directed by Shiori Ito. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and made history with its nomination for the 97th Academy Awards in the Feature Documentary category—the first such nomination for a Japanese filmmaker. The film was also nominated for a BAFTA and received the Peabody Award, widely regarded as the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast media. Black Box Diaries was released theatrically in Japan in December 2025.
In recent years, he has collaborated with Marbling Fine Arts, the oldest miniature studio in Asia, to explore a distinctive visual language that fuses miniature filmmaking, traditional special effects, and Hollywood-style VFX. Centering his work on the intersection of entertainment and social themes, he actively participates in international co-productions aimed at global audiences. Grounded in close collaboration with local communities at each filming location, he continues to pursue films that resonate across cultures and remain deeply memorable for audiences worldwide.
Contact: yo@studio-one-film.com
岡村裕太
映画監督
19歳で渡米し、南カリフォルニア大学映画制作学部（USC School of Cinematic Arts）に進学。エミー賞受賞監督であり、ハリウッド・コメディ界の巨匠バーネット・ケルマン氏に師事し、映画演出を学ぶ。2011年卒業。
在学中より監督した短編映画が国際映画祭で高く評価され、短編映画『ロストサムライ（The Lost Samurai）』はハッチ映画祭グランプリを受賞。その後もブレインウォッシュ映画祭最優秀短編賞、南カリフォルニア・ビジネス映画祭編集賞を受賞するなど、複数の映画祭で受賞を重ねる。
2011年に制作した短編映画『Waking Up』は、アジアン・オン・フィルム・アワードにて日本人として初めて作品賞・監督賞・俳優賞の三冠を達成。さらにロサンゼルス日本映画祭最優秀短編賞、ウーマン・オブ・シネマ映画祭撮影賞、ハッチ映画祭グランプリを2年連続で受賞するなど、国際的な評価を受けた。
2018年より、伊藤詩織監督による長編ドキュメンタリー映画『Black Box Diaries』に共同プロデューサーおよび撮影監督として参加。本作は2024年サンダンス映画祭でワールドプレミア上映され、2025年度アメリカ・アカデミー賞長編ドキュメンタリー部門に日本人として初めてノミネートされる快挙を達成。さらに英国アカデミー賞（BAFTA）にもノミネートされ、放送界のピューリッツァー賞と呼ばれるアメリカ放送界最高峰の賞、ピーボディ賞を受賞。2025年12月より日本公開。
近年は、アジア最古のミニチュアスタジオであるマーブリング・ファイン・アーツと協働し、ミニチュア表現と特撮、ハリウッドVFXを融合させた映像表現にも注力。エンターテインメント性と社会的テーマを交える作品づくりを軸に、海外市場を見据えた国際共同制作に積極的に参加している。制作地ごとの文化や人々とのコラボレーションを重視し、「世界で観られ、長く記憶に残る映画」を目指して活動を続けている。
「一瞬の感動は永遠の記憶」
Email: yo@studio-one-film.com
Award
Asian on Film Award 2013, Best Short Film, Best Director
HATCH Experience 2013, 2011, Groundbreaker
TSS Short Film Award 2012, Best Film
Rappahannock Independent Film Festival 2011, Jury Award
Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2011, Best Short Film
International Academy of Web Television Awards 2018, Best Pre-Recorded Hosted Series Official Selection.
