Daisuke Tsutsumi
Daisuke Tsutsumi is a Japanese animator and illustrator living in San Francisco, California. He is a former designer of Blue Sky Studios and Pixar, took within fourteen years before he co-founded an independent animation studio Tonko House with Robert Kondo. He co-directed The Dam Keeper with Kondo, which were nominated the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Biography
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, he is married to Mei Okuyama, a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki.Filmography
- Ice Age
- Robots
- Horton Hears a Who!
- Toy Story 3
- Cars 2
- Cars 2: The Video Game
- Monsters University
- The Dam Keeper
- Moom
- Oni: Thunder God's Tale
- ''Bottle George''
Books
Dice has appeared in both volumes of Blue Sky Studios 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:The Dam Keeper The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness
- ''The Dam Keeper: Return from the Shadows''
Special projects
In 2008, Dice 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, Iain McCaig and William Joyce among others.He is also overseeing Sketchtravel 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.