Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi
Directing
- Born
- November 6, 1974 (age 51) · Tōkyō, Japan
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.
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2024Bottle George Director, Screenplay
- 2019The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill Story, Executive Producer
- 2016Moom Director
- 2014The Dam Keeper Director
- 2013Monsters University Art Direction
- 2010Toy Story 3 Art Direction
- 2002Gone Nutty Art Department Manager
- 2002Ice Age Matte Painter
- TBASacrée frousse ! Director, Screenplay