It's the latest project to be set up at Fox Animation, which is on a buying spree as it seeks to ramp up its slate. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Twentieth Century Fox Animation is partnering with ...

Tonko House, the Berkeley, California-based animation studio founded by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, has new plans for the feature film based on their Oscar-nominated short The Dam Keeper (2014).

In a desolate future, one small town has survived because of a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to keep out pollution. The dam's operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the sails spinning and ...

SPARK CG Society announced that The Dam Keeper (USA), directed by Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo has won the inaugural Best Animated Short Award, at the SPARK ANIMATION Conference, Film Festival and ...

Robert Kondo: While we were at Pixar, for about a year, we started writing together in our spare time. It was a struggle learning how to write and pushing our relationship to the next level. After ...

Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi, co-founders of animation studio Tonko House are expanding the world of their Oscar-nominated short “The Dam Keeper” in myriad ways. In addition to a ...

In a new, exclusive interview, filmmakers/artists Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi discuss how Wong influenced them and share an excerpt from their Oscar-nominated animated short The Dam Keeper (2014).

10:46 am – Onstage Q & A with director & writer Erick Oh and production manager Courtney Lockwood. Including live drawing demonstration from visual development artist JJ Song (30 min) 11:15 am – Meet ...