Randall Okita

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Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Biography: Randall Okita is a Japanese Canadian artist and filmmaker known for creating work that involves rich visual language and innovative approaches to storytelling. His work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions, awarded internationally, and screened around the world. Recent work includes directing the feature film See for Me (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival), writing and creating the virtual reality experience The Book of Distance (Sundance, Venice, Tribeca) with the National Film Board of Canada, and showing A Place Between, a solo exhibition of artwork at the Prince Takamado Gallery in Tokyo. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Okita lives and works in Toronto and Japan.