(born November 6, 1974) is a Japanese

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and

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living in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

. He is a former art director of Pixar.

Biography

Born and raised in

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, he is married to , a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

director Hayao Miyazaki. He co-directed '' The Dam Keeper'' which was nominated for the Oscar for short animated film.

Filmography

*''

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'' (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 ''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated Spy film, spy comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Cars (film), Cars'' (2006), the second film in the Cars (franchise), ''Cars'' f ...

'' (2011) (Additional Voices) *'' Cars 2: The Video Game'' (2011) (Sushi Chef) *''

Monsters University ''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...

'' (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 Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their e ...

''Out of Picture'' anthology, contributing the stories "Noche Y Dia" in Volume 1 and "The Dream of Kyosuke" in Volume 2. '' The Dam Keeper'' has been developed volume graphic novel published by

First Second Books First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It als ...

: * ''The Dam Keeper'' (2017) * ''The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness'' (2018) * ''The Dam Keeper: Return from the Shadows'' (2019)

Special projects

In 2008, Dice (along with

Ronnie del Carmen Ronnie del Carmen (born December 31, 1959) is a Filipino animation writer, director, story artist, story supervisor and production designer. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015 Pixar film '' Inside Out'', for which he ...

. Enrico Casarosa and Yukino Pang) initiated the Totoro Forest Project, a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit Totoro Forest Foundation. This initiative also produced a corresponding art book reprinting the various pieces contributed and included the likes of James Jean,

Charles Vess Charles Vess (born June 10, 1951) is an American fantasy artist and comics artist who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His influences include British "Golden Age" book illustrator Arthur Rackham, Czech Art Nouveau pain ...

Iain McCaig Iain McCaig (born March 19, 1957) is an American artist, writer, and filmmaker. He was involved in the '' Star Wars'' franchise and many other iconic film and book projects, including an album cover for Jethro Tull's Broadsword and the Beast.Rei ...

and William Joyce among others. 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.

References

External links

Dice Tsutsumi homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsutsumi, Daisuke 1974 births Living people Blue Sky Studios people Pixar people Japanese animators Japanese animated film directors Japanese art directors People from Tokyo Japanese emigrants to the United States