Steven K. Tsuchida was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.

After earning a BFA in advertising from California State University, Long Beach, Steven spent the next 5 years in New York City as an Art Director in Advertising.

He then moved back to Los Angeles earning an MFA in film from Art Center, Pasadena.

Since then, Steven has directed commercials through Oil Factory Inc - earning accolades from: Cannes, The Clio Awards, The Addys, and The One Show.

Steven's two short films, "A Ninja Pays Half My Rent" and "Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about spam" continues to play around the world -- so far playing in over 60 festivals, including: Sundance, SXSW, New Directors/New films at the Lincoln Center, Hawaii International Film Festival, Denver International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Philadelphia International Film Festival, The Deauville Film Festival, Edinburgh and the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

Steven has earned a place on Filmaker Magazine's annual "25 Filmmakers To Watch" list.