Daisuke Tsutsumi

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-11-06 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Tōkyō, Japan

Also Known As Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi, 堤大介

Daisuke Tsutsumi

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.

Known For

Director

2024
Bottle George

as Director

2022
2016
Moom

as Director

2014
The Dam Keeper

as Director

Writer

2024
Bottle George

as Screenplay

Art

2013
Monsters University

as Art Direction

2010
Toy Story 3

as Art Direction

Producer

2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale

as Executive Producer

2019
The Pig, the Fox, and the Mill

as Executive Producer

Visual Effects

2002
Ice Age

as Matte Painter

Creator

Actor

2011
Cars 2

as Additional Voices (voice)