Yoko Okumura is a Japanese-American writer and director known for genre storytelling that blends grit and glamour. Born in a Buddhist temple in Japan and raised in Minneapolis, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.
She recently rewrote and directed the Blumhouse/Universal horror feature Kiss of Death, starring McKenna Grace. Her previous feature Unseen, produced by Blumhouse and released by MGM+, stars Midori Francis and Jolene Purdy.
In television, Okumura has directed episodes of Good Trouble, The Bold Type, and developed the story and directed on the Sam Raimi’s horror anthology 50 States of Fright, starring Ming-Na Wen and Karen Allen.
She is an alum of the Apple Director’s Program, Warner Bros. Television Directors Workshop, Ryan Murphy’s Half Program, and Fox’s Directing Program, and holds a BFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute Conservatory.
