Kitao Sakurai

Directing · b. 1983 · Kinugasa, Kyoto, Japan

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.

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Known for

7.9

The Eric Andre Show

2012 · Series · Director

7.8

BEEF

2023 · Series · Director

6.1

Bad Trip

2021 · Director

7.7

Twisted Metal

2023 · Series · Director

7.3

DAVE

2020 · Series · Director

7.2

Butterfly

2025 · Series · Director

6.4

The Premise

2021 · Series · Director

7.9

The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular

2012 · Director

6.4

Aardvark

2010 · Director

6.4

The Passage

2018 · Director

Unemployable

2015 · Director

Directed

7.2

Butterfly

2025 · Series · Director

7.8

BEEF

2023 · Series · Director

7.7

Twisted Metal

2023 · Series · Director

Culture Beat

2022 · Series · Director

6.4

The Premise

2021 · Series · Director

6.1

Bad Trip

2021 · Director

7.3

DAVE

2020 · Series · Director

6.4

The Passage

2018 · Director

Unemployable

2015 · Director

7.9

The Eric Andre Show

2012 · Series · Director

7.9

The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular

2012 · Director

6.4

Aardvark

2010 · Director

Coda

9.0

Coda

2003 · Director

Created

Culture Beat

2022 · Series · Creator

Acting

We Are the Hartmans

1.0

We Are the Hartmans

2012 · Music Video Director

7.5

Treatment

2011 · Tennis Instructor

6.4

Aardvark

2010 · Darius Szopa

6.9

Dogma

1999 · Stygian Triplet

7.7

The Best Bad Thing

1997 · Zenny Hata

5.6

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

1995 · Justin Banning

In development

Oct 14

Street Fighter

2026 · Director