# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-okazaki
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:13:43.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-okazaki"
name: "Steven Okazaki"
slug: "steven-okazaki"
description: "Steven Okazaki is an American documentary filmmaker known for his raw, cinéma vérité-style documentaries that frequently show ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. He has received a Peabody Award, a Primetime Emmy and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo."
tagline: "American documentary filmmaker, film editor, screenwriter and film producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steven_Okazaki_on_Dulce_Osuna.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.881858666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0645574"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.farallonfilms.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steven Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Okazaki"
    title: "Steven Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Steven Okazaki"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump