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Jacob Akira Okada

  • Producer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Off and Running (2009)
Jacob Akira Okada is known for Painting the Way to the Moon (2015), Curtis (2004) and Anya (2019).
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Ed Belbruno in Painting the Way to the Moon (2015)
    Painting the Way to the Moon
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Curtis (2004)
    Curtis
    8.8
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2004
    Ali Ahn and Gil Perez-Abraham in Anya (2019)
    Anya
    4.1
    • Producer
    • 2019
    For I Must Hold My Tongue (2016)
    For I Must Hold My Tongue
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Plane Xtreme
      • producer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Derrick Campana in The Wizard of Paws (2020)
      The Wizard of Paws
      9.1
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2024
    • Louisiana Law (2021)
      Louisiana Law
      7.6
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2022–2023
    • Amy Dumas, Mick Foley, and Booker Huffman in WWE's Most Wanted Treasures (2021)
      WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
      7.4
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2023
    • How America Works (2021)
      How America Works
      8.7
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2022
    • Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa (2020)
      Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa
      8.1
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2022
    • Dr K's Exotic Animal ER (2014)
      Dr K's Exotic Animal ER
      8.3
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2014–2021
    • Secrets of the Zoo (2018)
      Secrets of the Zoo
      8.4
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2018–2020
    • Babies of the Zoo (2020)
      Babies of the Zoo
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2020
    • Ali Ahn and Gil Perez-Abraham in Anya (2019)
      Anya
      4.1
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Street Science (2017)
      Street Science
      6.6
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2017–2018
    • For I Must Hold My Tongue (2016)
      For I Must Hold My Tongue
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Andrea Schirmer in Poor Fit (2016)
      Poor Fit
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Vet School (2015)
      Vet School
      8.9
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2015
    • Ed Belbruno in Painting the Way to the Moon (2015)
      Painting the Way to the Moon
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Ed Belbruno in Painting the Way to the Moon (2013)
      Painting the Way to the Moon
      Short
      • producer
      • 2013

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • I Thought the Earth Remembered Me (2023)
      I Thought the Earth Remembered Me
      Short
      • still photographer
      • 2023
    • Kevin Gardner, Rebecca Sohn, Anna Mhairi, and Bryson Robinson in Sensorium (2021)
      Sensorium
      Short
      • still photographer
      • 2021
    • Joanie Marx and Haeleigh Royall in Who's Drinking the Kool-Aid? (2021)
      Who's Drinking the Kool-Aid?
      Short
      • still photographer
      • 2021
    • Maria Margot and Jonathan Fishman in The Cellist (2021)
      The Cellist
      Short
      • still photographer
      • 2021
    • My Own Man (2014)
      My Own Man
      6.4
      • additional cinematography
      • 2014
    • First Comes Love (2013)
      First Comes Love
      6.5
      • camera operator
      • 2013
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2012
    • Love Free or Die (2012)
      Love Free or Die
      7.4
      • additional cinematography
      • 2012
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • still photographer
      • 2010
    • Anomaly
      • additional camera
      • 2009
    • Art, Architecture and Innovation: Celebrating the Guggenheim Museum (2009)
      Art, Architecture and Innovation: Celebrating the Guggenheim Museum
      7.4
      Short
      • additional camera
      • 2009
    • Off and Running (2009)
      Off and Running
      6.3
      • still photographer
      • 2009
    • Goulash (2001)
      Goulash
      7.2
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 2001

    Cinematographer

    • Ali Ahn and Gil Perez-Abraham in Anya (2019)
      Anya
      4.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • For I Must Hold My Tongue (2016)
      For I Must Hold My Tongue
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Andrea Schirmer in Poor Fit (2016)
      Poor Fit
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Darick Lee Patterson and Robert Wesley Hill in Every Other Weekend (2016)
      Every Other Weekend
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Ed Belbruno in Painting the Way to the Moon (2015)
      Painting the Way to the Moon
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Ed Belbruno in Painting the Way to the Moon (2013)
      Painting the Way to the Moon
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • The Truth Shall Set You Free
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Off and Running (2009)
      Off and Running
      6.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • His Name Is Cosmo
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Curtis (2004)
      Curtis
      8.8
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004

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    Off And Running
    Trailer 2:27
    Off And Running

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      • Jacob Okada

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