Daisuke Tsutsumi
Age: N/A | From: Tōkyō, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
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
(2002) Matte Painter
Monsters University
(2013) Art Direction
Toy Story 3
(2010) Art Direction
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
(2022) Creator
The Dam Keeper
(2014) Director
Bottle George
(2026) Screenplay
The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill
(2019) Story
Moom
(2016) DirectorActing
| 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
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Story | |
| 2019 | Story | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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 |
