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Chloe Alexandra Okuno is an American filmmaker. She wrote and directed the segment "Storm Drain" for the 2021 horror anthology V/H/S/94. Her feature film directorial debut, Watcher, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S Dramatic Competition.
Chloe Okuno was born on 1 August 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Slut (2014).
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Meet Chloe Okuno, director of "Watcher", which is playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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Watcher is a 2022 psychological thriller film written and directed by Chloe Okuno in her feature directorial debut, based on an original screenplay by Zack Ford. The film stars Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, and Burn Gorman.
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- In Prep
- On Set
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Okuno first read Zack Ford's screenplay for Watcherin 2017, when she was hired to direct the film. At the time, the story was set in New York City and played with perspective (from both Julia and the eponymous watcher's points of views). "When I came onboard and took over some of the writing, I wanted to make sure that the character of Julia, in pa...
"A lot of the work happens in pre-production," Okuno says. "In conversations with the production designer, and the costume designer, and the director of photography to make sure we're all on the same page about the ways in which we're employing tools to elevate the tension and to create a sense of claustrophobia." In that way, the team weaves suspe...
Principal photography took place in Bucharest in the Spring of 2021 under COVID protocols, a source of tension for even the most seasoned of filmmakers. "When you're actually on set," Okuno says, "for me, it's just, 'How do I stick to the plan and execute it and don't totally f--k it up?'" Maika Monroe (a veteran of the genre who broke out with 201...
As the adage goes, a film is made three times: First on the page, then on set, and finally in the editing room. That is especially true for a taut thriller like Watcher, in which ever music cue (from composer Nathan Halpern) and every cut (by editor Michael Block) needs to be executed with knifelike precision. "Michael Block is brilliant. We both a...
Jan 22, 2022 · The eerie, nagging feeling of being watched is elevated to a hauntingly tangible reality in Watcher, the feature directorial debut of Chloe Okuno.
Oct 6, 2021 · 1428 Elm chatted with Chloe Okuno about the segment she directed and wrote for Shudder's new film V/H/S/94, which is streaming now!
