Director
Osamu Dezaki
82 years · Meguro, Tokyo, Japan · 38 films
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.
Best known for
Clannad: The Motion Picture
2007 · Director
Golgo 13: The Professional
1983 · Director
On Pluto TV
Space Adventure Cobra
1982 · Director
On Pluto TV
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
1989 · Director
On Pluto TV
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1995 · Director
On Pluto TV
Black Jack: The Movie
1996 · Director, Screenplay
On Tubi TV
Filmography 38
Clannad: The Motion Picture
2007 · Director
Air: The Motion Picture
2005 · Director
Hamtaro: Fairy Tale
2004 · Director
Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth
2004 · Director
Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley
2003 · Director, Writer
Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship
2003 · Director
The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth
2003 · Director
Hamtaro: The Captive Princess
2002 · Director
The Lady Oscar Story
2002 · Director
Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land
2001 · Director
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
1998 · Director
Black Jack: The Movie
1996 · Director, Screenplay
On Tubi TV
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996 · Director
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1995 · Director
On Pluto TV
Treasure Island Memorial
1992 · Screenplay, Director
Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
1992 · Director
On Pluto TV
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
1991 · Director
On Pluto TV
Sword for Truth
1990 · Director
Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
1990 · Director
On Pluto TV
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
1989 · Director
On Pluto TV
One Pound Gospel
1988 · Director
Treasure Island: The Movie
1987 · Director
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3
1987 · Director
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986 · Director