Dice Tsutsumi
Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi ( Japanese 堤 大 介 , Tsutsumi Daisuke ; born November 6, 1974 in Tokyo Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese -American animator and illustrator from San Francisco , California . He is a former art director for Pixar Animation Studios .
Life
Daisuke Tsutsumi grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1993 to study at the School of Visual Arts . After graduating in 1998, he worked as an illustrator for Lucas Learning . From 2000 to 2010 he worked for Blue Sky Studios . He then started working at Pixar. On July 14, 2014, he left Pixar with Robert Kondo and founded Tonko House. For the short film The Dam Keeper , he was nominated for the best animated short film together with Kondo at the 2015 Academy Awards.
In addition to his work for the film industry, he published two comics in the Blue Sky Studios anthology Out of Picture and its sequel. He also draws oil paintings that have been shown at various exhibitions.
He is married to anime director Hayao Miyazaki's niece .
Works
- Noche Y Dia in: Out of Picture Volume 1: Art from the Outside Looking In . Villard 2007. ISBN 978-0345498724
- The Dream of Kyosuke in: Out of Picture Volume 2: Art from the Outside Looking In . Villard 2008. ISBN 978-0345498731
- I can hear . Children's book. Japan 2009.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: Ice Age (Ice Age) (artist)
- 2002: Scrat's New Adventures (Gone Nutty) (Art Department)
- 2005: Robots (Lead color key artist)
- 2008: Horton hears a who! (Horton Hears a Who!) (Lead color design)
- 2010: Toy Story 3 (Art Director)
- 2011: Cars (voice actor)
- 2011: Sketchtravel (short film, co-director, screenwriter, producer and animator)
- 2013: Die Monster Uni (Monsters University) (Art Director)
- 2014: The Dam Keeper (short film, co-director and screenwriter)
Web links
- Official website
- Dice Tsutsumi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website. Retrieved February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Dice Tsutsumi. (No longer available online.) Tor.com, archived from the original on May 21, 2011 ; accessed on February 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Toy Story 3 Art Director Married to Hayao Miyazaki's Niece. Animenewsnetwork.com, October 18, 2011, accessed February 1, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsutsumi, Dice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 堤 大 介 (Japanese); Tsutsumi Daisuke (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese-American and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo , Japan |