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Daisuke Tsutsumi (堤 大介, Tsutsumi Daisuke) (born November 6, 1974) is a Japanese animator and illustrator living in San Francisco, California. He is a former art director of Pixar.

Daisuke Tsutsumi
堤 大介
Born	(1974-11-06) November 6, 1974 (age 47) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Dice Tsutsumi
Alma mater	School of Visual Arts
Occupation	Animator, illustrator
Employers	Blue Sky Studios (2000–2010) Pixar Animation Studios (2010–2014)
Spouse	Mei Okuyama ​ (m. 2009)​
Relatives	Hayao Miyazaki (uncle-in-law) Ryūhei Kawada (brother-in-law)

Biography

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, he is married to Mei Okuyama (奥山 芽以, Okuyama Mei), a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki.[1] He co-directed The Dam Keeper which was nominated for the Oscar for short animated film.[2]

Filmography

• Ice Age (2002) (Matte Painting/Color Stylist Art)
• Robots (2005) (Lead Color Key Artist/Additional Design)
• Horton Hears a Who (2008) (Lead Color Design)
• Toy Story 3 (2010) (Color and Lighting Art Director)
• Cars 2 (2011) (Additional Voices)
• Cars 2: The Video Game (2011) (Sushi Chef)
• Monsters University (2013) (Lighting Design and Character Shading Art Director)
• The Dam Keeper (2014) (Co-director)
• Moom (2016) (Co-director)
• Oni: Thunder God's Tale (2022) (Creator/Showrunner)

Books

Dice has appeared in both volumes of Blue Sky Studios Out of Picture anthology, contributing the stories "Noche Y Dia" in Volume 1[3] and "The Dream of Kyosuke" in Volume 2.[4]

The Dam Keeper has been developed volume graphic novel published by First Second Books:[5]

• The Dam Keeper (2017)[6]
• The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness (2018)[7]
• The Dam Keeper: Return from the Shadows (2019)[8]

Special projects

In 2008, Dice (along with Ronnie del Carmen. Enrico Casarosa and Yukino Pang) initiated the Totoro Forest Project, a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit Totoro Forest Foundation.[9] This initiative also produced a corresponding art book reprinting the various pieces contributed and included the likes of James Jean, Charles Vess, Iain McCaig and William Joyce among others.[10]

He is also overseeing Sketchtravel (with Gerald Guerlais) which purpose is passing a real sketchbook "from one artist's hand to another like an Olympic torch in an artistic relay through 12 countries over 4 and half years", and the end result auctioned off to benefit the various chosen charities that the participating artists choose.[11]

References

External links

• Dice Tsutsumi homepage
• Daisuke Tsutsumi at IMDb

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[de] Dice Tsutsumi

Daisuke „Dice“ Tsutsumi (jap. 堤 大介, Tsutsumi Daisuke; * 6. November 1974 in der Präfektur Tokio, Japan) ist ein japanisch-US-amerikanischer Animator und Illustrator aus San Francisco, Kalifornien. Er ist ein ehemaliger Artdirector der Pixar Animation Studios.

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