In 2023, ozawaToshiaki directed Keanu Reeves in The Nature and Spirit of Japan (a documentary conceived by Roman Coppola), exploring Japanese creative traditions inspired by nature.
Other career highlights include work with Laurie Anderson on Heart of a Dog, Matthew Barney on Drawing Restraint 9, actor/musician Vincent Gallo on Brown Bunny & Buffalo 66, as well as with Roman Coppola/Jason Schwartzman on Mozart in the Jungle.
Born in Tokyo to parents of Korean and Japanese heritage, Ozawa now resides in Europe after living 35 years in Manhattan. As photographer, filmmaker & artist, he uses mediating technology to make art, physical/virtual.
The term ぼけもの (bokemono/bokehmono) personifies the ephemerality of boke/bokeh (trace or blur). In 2017 and 2018, Ozawa was named Sundance Institute-Time Warner Fellow.