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
Lipstick of the Brave2022 · Director	Director
Demi’s Panic2021 · Director	Director
The One-Minute Memoir2020 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
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
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
Summer Bummer2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
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
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
Hair High2004 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Plympton Diaries2003 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Mutant Aliens2002 · Guard (voice), Director, Producer, Screenplay	Guard (voice), Director, Producer, Screenplay
Parking2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AAn Early Movie2002 · Director	Director
HHouse of Weirdness2002 · Director	Director
12 Tiny Christmas Tales2001 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Eat2001 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Can't Drag Race with Jesus2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
How to Grab a Woman's Breast2000 · Director	Director
New Advances in Medicine2000 · Director	Director
Happiness Is... Licking the Frosting2000 · Director	Director
The Ultimate Blowjob2000 · Director	Director
The Death of Jackson Pollock2000 · Director	Director
How to Tell a Woman's Sexual Preference2000 · Director	Director
Pubic Hair Transplants2000 · Director	Director
Rudolfo the Gay Lion Tamer2000 · Director	Director
Surprise Cinema1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLife1999 · Director	Director
More Sex & Violence1999 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Exciting Life of a Tree1999 · Director	Director
I Married a Strange Person!1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Helter Shelter1998 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
General Chaos: Uncensored Animation1998 · Director	Director
Boney D1997 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
SSpike and Mike's Festival of Animation Sick & Twisted Volume 41997 · Director	Director
Mondo Plympton1997 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
TTwisted Toons1997 · Director	Director
Sex & Violence1997 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet1997 · Director	Director
TThe Animal Lover1997 · Director	Director
How to Make Love to a Woman1996 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Plympmania1996 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Smell the Flowers1996 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Guns on the Clackamas1995 · Actor, Director, Producer, Writer	Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Nosehair1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Faded Roads1994 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
The World's Greatest Animation1994 · Director	Director
J. Lyle1994 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Draw1993 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Dancing All Day1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Tune1992 · Director	Director
Lovesick Hotel1992 · Director	Director
Flooby Nooby1992 · Director	Director
TToon-O-Rama1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Push Comes to Shove1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
No Nose Blues1991 · Director	Director
The Wiseman1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Isn't It Good Again1991 · Director	Director
Plymptoons1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tango Schmango1990 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Dig My Do1990 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
25 Ways to Quit Smoking1989 · Narrateur / Homme (voix) (Non crédité), Director, Producer, Writer	Narrateur / Homme (voix) (Non crédité), Director, Producer, Writer
Animated Self-Portraits1989 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
SSelf-Portrait1989 · Director	Director
NNoodle Ear1989 · Director	Director
Acid Rain1989 · Director	Director
How to Kiss1988 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
One of Those Days1988 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Your Face1987 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
LLove in the Fast Lane1987 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
DDrawing Lesson #21985 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Boomtown1985 · Director	Director
Lucas, the Ear of Corn1977 · Lucas, Director, Writer	Lucas, Director, Writer
The Great Turn On1968 · Director	Director