Kitao Sakurai [1] (born 1983) [2] [3] is a Japanese-American writer, producer and director of film and television. [4] [5] [6] [7] He made his feature directorial debut with Aardvark (2010), which was shot in his hometown Cleveland, Ohio. [8] He also directed the 2021 Netflix film Bad Trip . [9] [10] [11] [12] He cofounded with Andrew Barchilon the New York-based production company Naked Faces. [13] He is also known for his work in The Eric Andre Show . [14] [15]
Sakurai was born in Japan and raised in Cleveland. [16]
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Anthony Dwane Mackie is an American actor. Mackie made his film debut starring in the semi-biographical drama film 8 Mile (2002). He was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his performance in the LGBT drama Brother to Brother (2004), and in the same year, appeared in psychological thriller The Manchurian Candidate, the Spike Lee TV film Sucker Free City, and the sports film Million Dollar Baby. Mackie starred in Half Nelson (2006); in 2008, Mackie both appeared in the action thriller Eagle Eye and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Hurt Locker. He portrayed Tupac Shakur in Notorious (2009) and later starred in Night Catches Us (2010), and The Adjustment Bureau and Real Steel.
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Aardvark is a 2010 American-Argentine crime thriller film written and directed by and starring Kitao Sakurai.
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