1981Winner
Best Director
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Osamu Dezaki
Director · Producer · Writer
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
November 18, 1943
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1988Nominee
Best Director
One Pound Gospel
1989Nominee
Best Director
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
Career Highlights
1995Highlight
Best Director
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1973Highlight
Career Highlight
Belladonna of Sadness
Video
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure