Osamu Dezaki
Born: 1943-11-18 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2011-04-17
Known For: Directing
Biography
Osamu Dezaki (November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011) also known as Makura Saki (崎枕 Saki Makura), Kan Matsudo (松戸完 Matsudo Kan), Toru Yabuki (矢吹徹 Yabuki Toru) or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋 Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. He is acknowledged to be one of the best and most influential Anime directors and popularized various techniques that are now considered standard in Japanese animation. Dezaki developed a highly distinctive Signature Style and is credited with inventing the Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame.
Filmography
2009
- The Tale of Genji ... (Director)
2008
- Ultraviolet: Code 044 ... (Director)
2007
- Clannad: The Motion Picture ... (Director)
2005
- Air: The Motion Picture ... (Director)
2004
- Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth ... (Director)
- Hamtaro: Fairy Tale ... (Director)
2003
- The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth ... (Director)
- Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship ... (Director)
- Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley ... (Director)
2002
- Hamtaro: The Captive Princess ... (Director)
- The Lady Oscar Story ... (Director)
2001
- Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land ... (Director)
1998
- Golgo 13: Queen Bee ... (Director)
1997
- Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick ... (Storyboard Designer)
- In the Beginning: The Bible Stories ... (Series Director)
- Historias de la Biblia ... (Creator)
1996
- Black Jack: The Movie ... (Director)
- The Heroic Elegy of Confucius ... (Director)
1995
- Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure ... (Director)
1993
- Black Jack ... (Screenplay)
1992
- Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love ... (Director)
- Treasure Island Memorial ... (Screenplay)
1991
- Dear Brother ... (Director)
- Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary ... (Director)
1990
- Sword for Truth ... (Director)
- Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers ... (Director)
- Burning Blood ... (Director)
1989
- Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty ... (Director)
- Aim For The Ace! Final Stage ... (Writer)
- Nightsong of Splendor ... (Storyboard)
1988
- One Pound Gospel ... (Director)
- Aim for the Ace! Another Match ... (Supervising Animator)
- Ace wo Nerae! 2 ... (Director)
1987
- Bionic Six ... (Director)
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light ... (Director)
- Treasure Island: The Movie ... (Director)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3 ... (Director)
1986
- The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard ... (Director)
1985
- Sweet Sea ... (Director)
1984
- The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends ... (Director)
- Mighty Orbots ... (Director)
- Mighty Orbots: Magnetic Menace ... (Director)
1983
- Golgo 13: The Professional ... (Director)
1982
- Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie ... (Director)
- Space Cobra ... (Series Director)
1981
- Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie ... (Director)
1980
- Tomorrow's Joe The Movie ... (Director)
- The Rose and Women of Versailles ... (Director)
- Botchan ... (Producer)
- Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie) ... (Director)
1979
- The Rose of Versailles ... (Director)
- Aim for the Ace! The Movie ... (Director)
- Young Eleven ... (Writer)
- Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures ... (Creator)
1978
- Treasure Island ... (Director)
1977
- Nobody's Boy: Remi ... (Director)
1976
- World Famous Fairy Tales ... (Character Designer)
- The Thunder God and the Mulberry Tree ... (Director)
1975
- Adventure of Gamba ... (Director)
1974
- The★Fire G-Men ... (Director)
1973
- Belladonna of Sadness ... (Key Animation)
- Aim for the Ace! ... (Director)
1970
- Tomorrow's Joe ... (Director)
1969
- Frosty the Snowman ... (Animation Director)
1966
- Adventures of the Monkey King ... (Director)
1963
- Astro Boy ... (Storyboard)