Kitao Sakurai

Kitao Sakurai

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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.

Career

2010
Aardvark
Aardvark as Darius Szopa
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1999
Dogma
Dogma as Stygian Triplet
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1997
The Best Bad Thing
The Best Bad Thing as Zenny Hata
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2023
The Eric Andre Show
2012
The Eric Andre Show
The Eric Andre Show as Writer
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2021
Bad Trip
Bad Trip as Director, Story
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2015
Unemployable
Unemployable as Director
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2012
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular as Director, Writer
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2010
Aardvark
Aardvark as Director, Writer
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