Osamu Dezaki

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.

Crew

Black Jack: The Movie

Director, Screenplay

Air: The Motion Picture

Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure

Director, Storyboard

Clannad: The Motion Picture

Golgo 13: The Professional

Golgo 13: Queen Bee

Director, Storyboard

Sword for Truth

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie

The Thunder God and the Mulberry Tree

Aim for the Ace! The Movie

Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie)

Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers

Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary

Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love

Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

Adventures of the Monkey King

Frosty the Snowman

Animation Director

Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie

Director, Screenplay

Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land

Hamtaro: The Captive Princess

Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley

Director, Writer

Hamtaro: Fairy Tale

Belladonna of Sadness

Treasure Island: The Movie

The Rose and Women of Versailles

The Lady Oscar Story

The Heroic Elegy of Confucius

The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth

Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship

Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends

One Pound Gospel

Treasure Island Memorial

Screenplay, Director

Tomorrow's Joe The Movie

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3

The★Fire G-Men

Mighty Orbots: Magnetic Menace