Bill Plympton

Directing·Apr 30, 1946·Portland, Oregon, USA

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Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, director, graphic designer, cartoonist, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog. Plympton's illustrations and cartoons have been published in The New York Times and the weekly newspaper The Village Voice, as well as in the magazines Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Penthouse, and National Lampoon. His political cartoon strip Plympton, which began in 1975 in the SoHo Weekly News, eventually was syndicated and appeared in over 20 newspapers. In 1988, his animated short Your Face was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He also became known for other animated short films, including 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989) and Enemies (1991), the latter of which was part of the Animania series on MTV, where many of his other shorts were shown. In 1992, his self-financed, first feature-length animated film, The Tune debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. His work also appeared on the 1992–1993 Fox comedy series The Edge. In 1993, he made his first live action film, J. Lyle. In 1995, he contributed animation and graphics to a computer game collection, Take Your Best Shot. He also published a comic book in 2003, The Sleazy Cartoons of Bill Plympton. Plympton's 2008 80-minute feature, Idiots and Angels presented by Terry Gilliam, had no dialogue. Plympton directed the segment "On Eating and Drinking" in the 2014 animated film The Prophet, adapted from Kahlil Gibran's book The Prophet. In 2020, Plympton released a Kickstarter for his new animated comedy western, Slide. The funding was successful and Plympton had planned on finishing the film by 2022.

Film	Credit
Slide2025 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Whale 522025 · Director	Director
Duckville2025 · Director	Director
Claydream2022 · Self	Self
Lipstick of the Brave2022 · Director	Director
Demi’s Panic2021 · Director	Director
The One-Minute Memoir2020 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Animation Outlaws2019 · Self	Self
Sex & Violence 32019 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
No Snow for Christmas2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Modern Lives2018 · Director	Director
Good Advice2017 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cop Dog2017 · Director	Director
Revengeance2016 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Hitler's Folly2016 · Nazi Soldier, Director, Writer, Producer	Nazi Soldier, Director, Writer, Producer
The Loneliest Stoplight2015 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
BBill Plympton's Revengeance Kickstarter Project2015 · Writer	Writer
The Gastronomic Shark2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
ABCs of Death 22014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet2014 · Director	Director
Cheatin'2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Footprints2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Ornaments2013 · Ornament #1, Director, Writer	Ornament #1, Director, Writer
DDrunker Than a Skunk2013 · Director	Director
TTiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Waiting for Her Sailor2012 · Director	Director
BBill Plympton's Cheatin' Kickstarter Project2012 · Writer	Writer
Summer Bummer2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Winsor McCay Resurrection Project2011 · Writer	Writer
Adventures in Plymptoons!2011 · Self	Self
Guard Dog Global Jam2011 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation2011 · Director	Director
The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger2010 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Mexican Standoff2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Horn Dog2009 · Director	Director
Santa: The Fascist Years2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-19302008 · Self	Self
Tokyo OnlyPic 20082008 · Director	Director
Idiots and Angels2008 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Hot Dog2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Luv Race2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Gary Guitar2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Shuteye Hotel2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
DDon't Download This Song2006 · Director	Director
Guide Dog2006 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Fan and the Flower2005 · Director	Director
Spiral2005 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Guard Dog2004 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer