Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Directing
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1974-11-06(50 years old)
PLACE OF BIRTH
Tōkyō, Japan
ALSO KNOWN AS
堤大介Dice Tsutsumi
Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi
BIOGRAPHY
Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi (堤 大介; born November 6, 1974) is a Japanese animator and illustrator living in San Francisco, California. He is a former color key artist at Blue Sky Studios and art director at Pixar. Together with Robert Kondo, he founded the indie animation studio Tonko House in 2014.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, he is married to Mei Okuyama (奥山 芽以), a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, he left Pixar to focus on independent animation. In 2014, he co-directed The Dam Keeper which was nominated for an Oscar for short animated film. He most recently directed the short film Bottle George, based on the original story by Akihiro Nishino, which premiered at the 2024 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, he is married to Mei Okuyama (奥山 芽以), a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, he left Pixar to focus on independent animation. In 2014, he co-directed The Dam Keeper which was nominated for an Oscar for short animated film. He most recently directed the short film Bottle George, based on the original story by Akihiro Nishino, which premiered at the 2024 San Francisco International Film Festival.
POPULAR MOVIES
acting
- 2011
production
- 2022
- 2019
directing
- 2024
- 2022
- 2016
- 2014
writing
- 2024
- 2022
- 2019
art
- 2013
- 2010
visual effects
- 2002