---
name: "Yuta Okamura"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yuta-okamura"
fi1m_id: "yuta-okamura"
imdb_id: "nm3791579"
tmdb_id: 2063648
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:28:43.068597+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yuta Okamura

## Identity

Yuta Okamura

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yuta-okamura
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yuta-okamura
- **IMDb ID:** nm3791579
- **TMDB ID:** 2063648
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3791579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2063648

Producer. Born in Yamaguchi, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3791579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2063648

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Black Box Diaries*](https://film.one/film/black-box-diaries.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Yuta Okamura is a Japanese film director, producer and cinematographer. Born in Yamaguchi, Japan, he earned a BA in Film and Television Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts after moving to the United States.

He served as co-producer and cinematographer on the documentary *Black Box Diaries* (2024), directed by Shiori Itō. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and a BAFTA.

Okamura has directed and produced narrative shorts including *Waking Up* (2011), winner of Best Short Film at the Japan Film Festival Los Angeles, and *The Lost Samurai* (2010), recipient of the Groundbreaker Award at the HATCH Film Festival.

*Sources: yutaokamura.com, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Box Diaries* (2024), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-box-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Box Diaries* (2024), Director of Photography, Co-Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/black-box-diaries.md)
- *Resistance Is Life* (2017), Editor
- *George's 40th Birthday* (2009), Director of Photography

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