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BONUS - After Show: How Much a Director Makes & More with WGA/DGA Writer/Director, Yoko Okumura

85 min • 3 juni 2025

This week we’re sharing a previously recorded episode from The Lot1 Podcast After Show vault with one of our fan-favorite guests, Yoko Okumura!

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Yoko Okumura (she/her) is a genre-fluid writer and director who thrives in the intersection of grit and glamour. Born in a Buddhist temple in Japan and raised in the frostbite of Minneapolis, she is obsessed with telling rebellious stories through underrepresented perspectives.

She directed the feature thriller Unseen for Blumhouse, and her episode Ball of Twine for Sam Raimi's horror anthology 50 States of Fright is streaming as a Roku Original. Yoko has also directed numerous one-hour episodes for Freeform.

She is a sponsored director under the Women In Film + Sundance ReFrame Rise Program. She has participated in top directing initiatives for Apple, Warner Brothers, Ryan Murphy Half Initiative, and Fox. Her films have won numerous accolades including a DGA Award and a Webby.

Yoko has a BFA from CalArts and an MFA from AFI, and lives and works in Los Angeles. She belongs to the DGA and WGA.

Connect with Yoko:

➡️ TikTok: @directoryoko

➡️ Instagram: @fouryoko

www.yokookumura.com

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