Kitao Sakurai

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

Birth Location
Born

Movies

Aardvark as Darius Szopa
2010
Dogma as Stygian Triplet
1999
The Best Bad Thing as Zenny Hata
1997
1995

Movies

Bad Trip Story
2021
Bad Trip Director
2021
KRFT PUNK'S Political Party! Creative Consultant
2019
The Passage Writer
2018
The Passage Director
2018
Unemployable Executive Producer
2015
Unemployable Director
2015
Aardvark Writer
2010
Aardvark Director
2010
You Wont Miss Me Director of Photography
2009
2009
Coda Director
2003
Oh Hell No Director
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72 Hours Director
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