Osamu Dezaki
Directing
Born: November 18, 1943 · Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Died: April 17, 2011 (aged 67)
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.
Known for
Frosty the Snowman
1969
Belladonna of Sadness
1973
Space Cobra
1982
The Rose of Versailles
1979
Nobody's Boy: Remi
1977
Clannad: The Motion Picture
2007
Golgo 13: The Professional
1983
Space Adventure Cobra
1982
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
1989
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1995
Black Jack: The Movie
1996
Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
1992
Photos (1)
Directing (60)
Tomorrow's Joe
Director
Black Jack
Director
The Rose of Versailles
Director
Bionic Six
Director
Dear Brother
Director
Space Cobra
Series Director
Adventure of Gamba
Director
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Director
Manga Fairy Tales of the World
Director
Ultraviolet: Code 044
Director
Ultraviolet: Code 044
Series Director
Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Director
The Tale of Genji
Director
Treasure Island
Director
Aim For The Ace! Final Stage
Director
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Director
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories
Series Director
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories
Director
Burning Blood
Director
Dororo and Hyakkimaru
Director
Golgo 13: The Professional
Director
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
Director
Aim for the Ace!
Director
Clannad: The Motion Picture
Director
Black Jack: The Movie
Director
Space Adventure Cobra
Director
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Director
Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
Director
Mighty Orbots
Director
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
Director
Nightsong of Splendor
Series Director
Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
Director
Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie)
Director
Ace wo Nerae! 2
Director
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Director
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
Director
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
Director
Air: The Motion Picture
Director
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
Director
Sword for Truth
Director
Treasure Island Memorial
Director
One Pound Gospel
Director
Sweet Sea
Director
Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth
Director
The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth
Director
Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land
Director
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Director
Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship
Director
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Director
The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends
Director
Treasure Island: The Movie
Director
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3
Director
The Lady Oscar Story
Director
Hamtaro: The Captive Princess
Director
Hamtaro: Fairy Tale
Director
Adventures of the Monkey King
Director
Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley
Director
The Thunder God and the Mulberry Tree
Director
Mighty Orbots: Magnetic Menace
Director
The Rose and Women of Versailles
Director
Writing (14)
Tomorrow's Joe
Storyboard
Tomorrow's Joe
Writer
Black Jack
Screenplay
Black Jack
Storyboard
Space Cobra
Storyboard
Aim For The Ace! Final Stage
Writer
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Storyboard
Black Jack: The Movie
Screenplay
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Storyboard
Nightsong of Splendor
Storyboard
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Screenplay
Treasure Island Memorial
Screenplay
Young Eleven
Writer
Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley
Writer
Producing (1)
Other Crew (15)
Tomorrow's Joe
Script
The Rose of Versailles
Storyboard Artist
Adventure of Gamba
Creator
Aim for the Ace! Another Match
Supervising Animator
Aim for the Ace! Another Match
Storyboard Artist
Manga Fairy Tales of the World
Character Designer
Ultraviolet: Code 044
Storyboard Artist
Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Storyboard Designer
Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Creator
Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
Creator
Belladonna of Sadness
Key Animation
Burning Blood
Creator
Frosty the Snowman
Animation Director
Nightsong of Splendor
Creator
Historias de la Biblia
Creator