As Director
Clannad: The Motion Picture
2007
7.2
Osamu Dezaki
Directing
Birth date
November 18, 1943
Birth place
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Death date
April 17, 2011
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.
Featured in
As Director
Air: The Motion Picture
2005
5.9
As Director
Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship
2003
5.0
As Director
Hamtaro: The Captive Princess
2002
1.0
As Director
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
1998
5.4
As Director, As Writer
Black Jack: The Movie
1996
6.5
As Director
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996
10.0
As Director
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1995
6.4
As Director, As Writer
Treasure Island Memorial
1992
6.0
As Director
Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
1992
6.3
As Director
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
1991
6.6
As Director
Sword for Truth
1990
4.3
As Director
Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
1990
6.3
As Director
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
1989
6.5
As Director
One Pound Gospel
1988
6.4
As Director
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986
5.2
As Director
Sweet Sea
1985
5.0
As Director
Golgo 13: The Professional
1983
6.3
As Director
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
1982
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
1981
7.7