
Directing
Don Hertzfeldt
Born 1976-08-01 · Fremont, California, USA
Don Hertzfeldt is a two-time Academy Award nominee whose animated films include "It's Such a Beautiful Day", the "World of Tomorrow" series, "Paper Trail", "ME", "The Meaning of Life", "On Memory", "Billy's Balloon", and "Rejected". His work has played around the world, received hundreds of awards, and in 2014 made a special appearance on "The Simpsons". 2020, GQ Magazine described his work as "simultaneously tragic and hilarious and philosophical and crude and deeply sad and fatalist and yet stubbornly, resolutely hopeful." The Austrian Film Museum has described his work as "films of a sort that never really existed before."
Acting credits
7.9Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
6.4Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes a faux pas so bad that Rod forces him to be his girl's slave. What unfolds is the tale of Cherri and Spud's blossoming relationship behind Rod's back, and their untimely demise on the night of the prom. A tale of tragedy that could only be as irreverent and sensational through the pen (or pencils, if you will) of Bill Plympton.
Hair High
2004
7.6A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.
Everything Will Be OK
2006
NRRichard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin's top filmmakers banded together to update SLACKER with their own perspectives on the city.
Slacker 2011
2011
7.2In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...
Rejected
2000
6.8A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.
The Meaning of Life
2005
6.8Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.
Wisdom Teeth
2010
7.8Musing on the nature of memory, Don Hertzfeldt recounts stories about a kiss from The King, a floating child in a backyard and a giant foot.
On Memory
2021
7.8Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2011
7.5Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery.
I Am So Proud of You
2008
6.9A "trilogy" of surreal and funny cartoons, produced exclusively to book-end the first year of The Animation Show's travelling theatrical tour.
The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
2003
6.4Don Hertzfeldt introduces his new film from the dark underground caverns of a strange planet.
Intro
2017
Behind the camera
7.7A life, seen through paper.
Paper Trail
2026
7.7A life, seen through paper.
Paper Trail
2026
7.7A life, seen through paper.
Paper Trail
2026
7.9Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
7.9Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
7.9Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
7.8A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
World of Tomorrow
2015
7.8A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
World of Tomorrow
2015
7.8A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
World of Tomorrow
2015
7.9Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017
7.9Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017
7.9Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017
8.3A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020
8.3A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020
8.3A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020
7.8A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.
ME
2024
7.8A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.
ME
2024
7.8A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.
ME
2024
7.6A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.
Everything Will Be OK
2006
7.6A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.
Everything Will Be OK
2006
7.6A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.
Everything Will Be OK
2006
7.2In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...
Rejected
2000
7.2In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...
Rejected
2000
7.2In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...
Rejected
2000