Shiun Okada

Shiun Okada is an undergraduate student in the Film Production program at the University of British Columbia. He is an emerging filmmaker with an eye for cinematography. For over a decade, his goal was to be a Director of Photography. His background, however, began from the technical side of film--learning the specifics of camera and lighting technologies, as well as software and computer programs that allowed him to explore visual effects. Through the creations in visual effects work, he continued to try and refine the art of both visually capturing and creating an image as well as learning to be a good storyteller. Shiun is a 2nd-generation Japanese Canadian who now works to explore the human psyche and its influences it has on our mental health while using this non-western lens in his body of works.