Directors Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi sought out a talented team of artists and animation film makers for this first of its kind collaboration.

Robert Kondo (Director)
Robert Kondo lends his unique design sensibilities and passion for storytelling to The Dam Keeper. Originally from Southern California, Robert graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has worked at Oblique Strategies and Angel Studios. Robert's film credits include Sets Art Director for Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, and most recently Monsters University.

Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi (Director)
Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi, originally from Japan, is a celebrated illustrator, painter and philanthropist. Dice's paintings have exhibited around the world, and in 2009, his first children's book 'I Can Hear' was published in Japan. A graduate from The School of Visual Arts in New York, Dice has worked as a visual development/color key artist at Blue Sky Studios on Ice Age, Robots and Horton Hears a Who! His credits at Pixar Animation include Lighting Art Director for Toy Story 3 and Monsters University. Dice is passionate about charity work and spearheaded both The Totoro Forest Project and Sketchtravel.

Zach Johnston and Matteo Roberts (Composers)
First time collaborators Matteo Roberts and Zach Johnston provide the moving original score for The Dam Keeper. Both are members of the popular indie-folk band Phox, who recently performed at the 2013 iTunes festival in London. They live together in a big yellow house in Wisconsin.

Erick Oh (Supervising Animator)
Erick Oh, supervising animator of The Dam Keeper, is a Korean animation artist based in California. His work has been featured or nominated at The Student Academy Awards, The Annecy Animation Festival, Hiroshima Animation Festival, Zagreb Animation Festival, SIGGRAPH, Anima Mundi, Ars Electronica, LACMA Director's Night, and numerous other film festivals. Erick received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Seoul National University and his Masters of Fine Arts from UCLA's film school. Erick currently works at Pixar Animation Studios as an animator.

Bradley Furnish (Editor)
Bradley Furnish is an editor working at Pixar Animation Studios. There he contributes to animated features and shorts, most recently Toy Story 3 and Brave. In addition to his work at the studio, Bradley has a hand in many short form productions ranging from documentary, to independent animation, music videos and PSAs. He is particularly honored to be part of the creative teams for Pixar's It Gets Better PSA, the short film Cologne and now The Dam Keeper. Bradley graduated from Louisiana State University's Graphic Design program.

Duncan Ramsay (Producer)
Duncan Ramsay, Producer of The Dam Keeper, was thrilled to partner with directors Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi and Producer Megan Bartel to orchestrate such an ambitious project. Originally from Colorado, Duncan graduated from Colorado State University and previously worked for Walt Disney World Entertainment before joining Pixar Animation Studios in 2008, where he currently works in Production.

Megan Bartel (Producer)
Megan Bartel, Producer of The Dam Keeper, met Dice Tsutsumi and Duncan Ramsay while organizing Dice's Japan tsunami relief fundraiser 'Artists Help Japan'. Inspired by the passion and talent of Dice, Robert and Duncan, Megan joined The Dam Keeper crew in early 2013. Megan graduated from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and later moved from Minnesota to California to pursue a career in film. She currently works as a department manager at Pixar Animation Studios.