Kitao Sakurai
Directing · Grip · Director · Writer
Born Jan 1, 1983 · Kinugasa, Kyoto, Japan
Active 1995–present
Kitao Sakurai (born 1983) is a Japanese-American actor, writer, producer, and film and television director. He is known for directing the 2021 Netflix film Bad Trip.
Filmography
Street Fighter (2026) - Director · ScreenplayButterfly (2025) - Director · Executive ProducerBEEF (2023) - Executive Producer · DirectorTwisted Metal (2023) - Executive Producer · DirectorCulture Beat (2022) - Director · CreatorBad Trip (2021) - Director · Story · ScreenplayThe Premise (2021) - DirectorDAVE (2020) - DirectorKRFT PUNK'S Political Party! (2019) - Creative ConsultantThe Passage (2018) - Director · WriterUnemployable (2015) - Director · Executive ProducerThe Eric Andre Show (2012) - Director · Executive Producer · Writer · Creative ConsultantThe Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular (2012) - Director · WriterWe Are the Hartmans (2012) - Music Video DirectorTreatment (2011) - Tennis InstructorAardvark (2010) - Darius Szopa · Director · WriterYou Wont Miss Me (2009) - Director of PhotographyCircledrawers (2009) - GripCoda (2003) - Director · Screenplay · Executive ProducerDogma (1999) - Stygian TripletThe Best Bad Thing (1997) - Zenny HataBest of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995) - Justin Banning