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Randall Okita is a Japanese Canadian artist and film producerwriterdirector He was the recipient of the inaugural John Dunning Discovery Award which was presented at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards The award is given to the best microbudget film of the year production budget under 250K which has had a theatrical release or been accepted to two approved Canadian festivals within the year It was for his debut feature film emThe Lockpickerem which came after a series of successful shorts We list his credits as a Director firstbrbra hrefhttpswwwrandallokitacom relnoopener targetblankOfficial websiteabrAlso see a hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscathenfbatsundance relnoopener targetblankThe NFB at Sundanceabr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Machine with Wishbone (2008, short)
Fish in Barrel (2009, short)
Transmission (2010, short)
The View in Passing (2010, short, documentary)
No Contract (2011, short, documentary)
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence (2013, short)
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014, short)
Ben Heppner: Moving Through Music (2016, short, documentary)
The Lockpicker (2016)
The Choir (2026, short)
Brand Canada (TV-2017, documentary)
The Book of Distance (2020, short, documentary)
See for Me (2021)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
Machine with Wishbone (2008, short)
Fish in Barrel (2009, short)
No Contract (2011, short, documentary)
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014, short)
Ben Heppner: Moving Through Music (2016, short, documentary)
The Lockpicker (2016)
The Book of Distance (2020, short, documentary)
See for Me (2021)
Credits as a Producer:
5 Card Stud (Associate Producer, 2005)
The French Guy (Line Producer, 2005)
Machine with Wishbone (2008, short)
Dare to Care (Associate Producer, VR-2008, short, documentary)
Fish in Barrel (2009, short)
The View in Passing (2010, short, documentary)
The Gesture (2011, short)
No Contract (2011, short, documentary)
Seed of a Deadbeat (Executive Producer, 2012)
Corvus (Co-producer, 2012, short)
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence (2013, short)
Love Bent (Executive Producer, 2014, short)
The Lockpicker (2016)
Bitches Love Brunch (Executive Producer, 2018, short)
TV Series:
On Your Feet (Series Producer, 2009)
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