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Steven Okazaki

7 wins & 11 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • The Conscience of Nhem En (2008)
    2009 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Short Subject
    • The Conscience of Nhem En
  • The Mushroom Club (2005)
    2006 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
    • The Mushroom Club
  • Days of Waiting (1991)
    1991 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
    • Days of Waiting
  • Unfinished Business (1985)
    1986 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Unfinished Business

Asian American International Film Festival

  • 1991 Winner Asian Media Award

Camerimage

  • 2012 Winner Award for Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

  • Days of Waiting (1991)
    1991 Winner Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Days of Waiting
  • Days of Waiting (1991)
    1991 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • International Competition
    • Days of Waiting

Denver Film Festival

  • Toshirō Mifune in Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
    2016 Nominee Maysles Brothers Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Mifune: The Last Samurai

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
    2008 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Shared with: Sheila Nevins · Robert Richter · Sara Bernstein

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Toshirō Mifune in Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
    2016 Nominee Halekulani Golden Orchid Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Mifune: The Last Samurai

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Persona Non Grata (2003)
    2000 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Directors
    • America Undercover
    • Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
    For "Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street"

Palm Springs International ShortFest

  • 1995 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary

PGA Awards

  • White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
    2008 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Sundance Film Festival

  • White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
    2007 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Living on Tokyo Time (1987)
    1987 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • Living on Tokyo Time

Venice Film Festival

  • Toshirō Mifune in Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
    2015 Nominee Venezia Classici Award
    • Best Documentary on Cinema
    • Mifune: The Last Samurai

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Heroin: Cape Cod, USA (2015)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television
    • Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
    Shared with: Sara Bernstein · Sheila Nevins

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