Career
He is the former art director of Pixar Animation Studios. Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Dice moved to New York in 1993 where he enrolled at the School of Visual Arts. After graduating in 1998, he began a two-year stint as a staff illustrator at Lucas Learning Limited (see Lucasfilm).
In 2000, Dice was employed as a visual development/color key artist for Blue Sky Studios where he stayed until 2010 when he joined Pixar Animation Studios in his current role.
He co-directed The Dam Keeper which was nominated for the Oscar for short animated film. In 2008, Dice (along with Ronnie del Carmen Enrico Casarosa and Yukino Pang) initiated the Totoro Forest Project, a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit Totoro Forest Foundation.
This initiative also produced a corresponding art book reprinting the various pieces contributed and included the likes of James Jean, Charles Vess, Iain McCaig and William Joyce among others He is also currently overseeing Sketchtravel (with Gerald Guerlais) which purpose is "Sharing a reel sketchbook between 60 international artists in order to do a unique book" and the end result auctioned off to benefit the various chosen charities that the participating artists choose.