Person Details

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Aliases: Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi , 堤大介

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tōkyō, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

Daisuke 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.

Most Famous Work

Ice Age
Average
7

Ice Age

(2002) Matte Painter
Monsters University
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7

Monsters University

(2013) Art Direction
Toy Story 3
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8

Toy Story 3

(2010) Art Direction
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
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8

ONI: Thunder God's Tale

(2022) Creator
The Dam Keeper
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7

The Dam Keeper

(2014) Director
Bottle George
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0

Bottle George

(2026) Screenplay
The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill
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7
Moom
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Moom

(2016) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2011 Additional Voices (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Executive Producer
2019 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Director
2016 Director
2014 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Art Direction
2010 Art Direction
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2002 Matte Painter
Year Role Movie/Tv

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