Don Hertzfeldt

Directing·Aug 1, 1976·Fremont, California, USA

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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."

Film	Credit
Paper Trail2026 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Animation Mixtape2025 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
ME2024 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes2023 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
On Memory2021 · Himself (voice), Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Himself (voice), Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime2020 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
Intro2017 · Self (voice), Director, Writer, Producer	Self (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts2017 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
World of Tomorrow2015 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
It's Such a Beautiful Day2012 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
It's Such a Beautiful Day2011 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Slacker 20112011 · TV Backpacker	TV Backpacker
Wisdom Teeth2010 · Stanilus (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Stanilus (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
I Am So Proud of You2008 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
TThe Animation Show, Volume 32007 · Producer	Producer
Everything Will Be OK2006 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
TThe Animation Show, Volume 22005 · Producer	Producer
The Meaning of Life2005 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Hair High2004 · Dill (voice)	Dill (voice)
The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show2003 · Fluffy Thing #2 (voice), Director, Writer, Producer	Fluffy Thing #2 (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
The Animation Show, Volume 12003 · Director	Director
Rejected2000 · Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Billy's Balloon1998 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Lily and Jim1997 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Genre1996 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Ah, l'Amour1995 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Writer, Director, Director of Photography
AntarcticaDirector, Writer	Director, Writer