Kitao Sakurai

Kitao Sakurai

Biography

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.

Filmography

Aardvark

2010

As Darius Szopa

The Best Bad Thing

1997

As Zenny Hata

Dogma

1999

As Stygian Triplet

Production

Aardvark

2010

As Writer

Aardvark

2010

As Director

The Passage

2018

As Director

Bad Trip

2021

As Director

The Passage

2018

As Writer

Bad Trip

2021

As Story

Coda

2003

As Director

KRFT PUNK'S Political Party!

2019

As Creative Consultant

You Wont Miss Me

2009

As Director of Photography

Unemployable

2015

As Director

Unemployable

2015

As Executive Producer

Circledrawers

2009

As Grip

72 Hours

0000

As Director

Oh Hell No

0000

As Director

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