Kitao Sakurai

Kitao Sakurai

História

Kitao Sakurai is a writer and director, known for The Eric Andre Show (2012), Aardvark (2010) and Coda (2003). Sakurai was born in Kinugasa Japan and was raised in Cleveland Ohio. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in films such as Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999) and Best of The Best 3 (1995). Sakurai then turned his focus towards cinematography, lensing Ry-Russo Young's You Wont Miss Me (2009) and Edwin Decena's Transformations (2006) along with countless "dirty south" hip-hop videos. in 2010 Sakurai wrote and directed Aardvark, the first narrative feature film to star a blind person. Sakurai then went on to develop and direct The Eric Andre Show, now in it's fourth season on Adult Swim.

Perfil

Kitao Sakurai

Filmes

Bad Trip
Story
Nesta comédia de câmera escondida, dois amigos pegam a estrada para Nova York e, no caminho, fazem pegadinhas hilárias com pessoas reais.
Bad Trip
Director
Nesta comédia de câmera escondida, dois amigos pegam a estrada para Nova York e, no caminho, fazem pegadinhas hilárias com pessoas reais.
KRFT PUNK'S Political Party!
Creative Consultant
The Eric Andre Show's own Kraft Punk goes to Washington DC to find the answers to all of America's burning questions by interviewing some of DC's most 'popular' politicians.
The Passage
Writer
A man escapes again and again as he’s pursued by pagan cultists in this sprawling episode of sublime and humanist surrealism produced as a pilot for Adult Swim.
The Passage
Director
A man escapes again and again as he’s pursued by pagan cultists in this sprawling episode of sublime and humanist surrealism produced as a pilot for Adult Swim.
Unemployable
Executive Producer
Hannibal Buress's first outing as a goat farmer in Moreauville, La., finds him alternately bored, grossed out, and exhausted, and his time on the line at a New Orleans diner is marked by broken eggs and dreams alike.
Unemployable
Director
Hannibal Buress's first outing as a goat farmer in Moreauville, La., finds him alternately bored, grossed out, and exhausted, and his time on the line at a New Orleans diner is marked by broken eggs and dreams alike.
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
Writer
To celebrate New Year's Eve, Eric does his talk show live in front of a studio audience.
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
Director
To celebrate New Year's Eve, Eric does his talk show live in front of a studio audience.
SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
A young man, reeling from a long-distance romance gone awry, spirals increasingly deeper into depression and desperation as he video chats with his close friends and gets involved with a New Age, Right-wing, domestic terrorist cell.
Aardvark
Darius Szopa
A blind man searches for answers after a horrific act of violence.
Aardvark
Writer
A blind man searches for answers after a horrific act of violence.
Aardvark
Director
A blind man searches for answers after a horrific act of violence.
You Wont Miss Me
Director of Photography
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Circledrawers
Grip
Welcome to world of the Circledrawers - lowly janitors of the Almighty's imperfect system, angels living among us and performing the most mundane of tasks. Oleg, a special emissary has arrived at transmission central in Iceland to do the semi-centennial report on the efficiency of the Circledrawer system.
Coda
Director
An act of violence in the shower room of a boy's prep school gets out of hand and all of the participants are traumatized.
Dogma
Stygian Triplet
O mundo corre o risco de desaparecer. Tudo por causa de Bartleby (Ben Affleck) e Loki (Matt Damon), dois anjos expulsos do céu e que querem retornar a qualquer custo. Para tanto, eles têm um plano: cruzar o portal de uma igreja em Nova Jersey para, absolvidos de seus pecados, poderem retornar ao paraíso. Só que tal ato provaria que Deus é falível e, como consequência, a realidade se desmancharia. Para evitar que a tragédia ocorra montada uma equipe de combate aos anjos, formada pela última descendente de Jesus Cristo (Linda Fiorentino), um 13º apóstolo negro (Chris Rock), dois profetas (Jason Mewes e Kevin Smith) e uma Musa Inspiradora (Salma Hayek).
The Best Bad Thing
Zenny Hata
After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother wants her to spend the summer helping Mrs. Hata, her life-long friend. But 12-year-old Rinko sees Mrs. Hata's traditional Japanese ways as being backward and "crazy." When she gives in to her mother's request, she discovers Mrs. Hata is kind and courageous, fighting to save her farm. Before summer ends, RInko comes to appreciate and defend "crazy" Mrs. Hata.
Operação Kickbox 3 - Sem Retorno
Justin Banning
Um mestre de artes marciais se empenhará profundamente em defender um professor negro de uma outra academia, que se posicionou contra uma organização local, partidaria da supremacia branca. Tommy Lee esta de volta a sua cidade natal para visitar a irmã, mas está comprometido em sua estadia a encarar o bando de violentos skinheads racistas. Este sensacional filme de arte marcial, e o terceiro da quadrilogia subsequente a "Operação Kickbox (2) - Vencer ou Vencer", Este filme foi grande sucesso de bilheteria e locação , na época do seu lançamento mundial.
72 Hours
Director