Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Dice moved to New York in 1993. After graduating from School of Visual Arts in 1998, he started his career as a staff illustrator for Lucas Learning Ltd. in San Franscico. Two years later, Dice moved back to New York to work for Blue Sky Studios as a visual development and color key artist on such films as Ice Age, Robots, and Horton Hears A Who. In 2007, he became an art director at Pixar Animation Studios. He was the color and lighting art director on Toy Story 3 and Monsters University.