Kitao Sakurai

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

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.

Known For

Director

Butterfly

as Director

Oh Hell No

as Director

72 Hours

as Director

2023
Twisted Metal

as Director

2022
Culture Beat

as Director

2021
Bad Trip

as Director

2021
The Premise

as Director

2020
DAVE

as Director

2018
The Passage

as Director

2015
Unemployable

as Director

2012
2010
Aardvark

as Director

2003
Coda

as Director

Actor

2010
Aardvark

as Darius Szopa

1999
Dogma

as Stygian Triplet

1997
The Best Bad Thing

as Zenny Hata

Writer

2021
Bad Trip

as Story

2018
The Passage

as Writer

2012
2010
Aardvark

as Writer

Producer

2023
Twisted Metal

as Executive Producer

2015
Unemployable

as Executive Producer

2012
The Eric Andre Show

as Executive Producer

Camera

2009
2009
You Wont Miss Me

as Director of Photography

Crew

2019
KRFT PUNK'S Political Party!

as Creative Consultant

Creator

2022
Culture Beat

as Creator