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Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946; Portland) 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.

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Slide

Slide

2023

Director, Animation, Screenplay

Downwind

Downwind

2023

Title Illustration

Lipstick of the Brave

Lipstick of the Brave

2022

Director

Demi’s Panic

Demi’s Panic

2021

Director

The One-Minute Memoir

The One-Minute Memoir

2020

Writer, Director

Sex & Violence 3

Sex & Violence 3

2019

Director, Writer

No Snow For Christmas

No Snow For Christmas

2018

Writer, Director

The Modern Lives

The Modern Lives

2018

Director

Cop Dog

Cop Dog

2017

Director

Revengeance

Revengeance

2016

Director, Writer, Producer

Hitler's Folly

Hitler's Folly

2016

Director, Writer, Producer

The Loneliest Stoplight

The Loneliest Stoplight

2015

Director, Writer

The Brainwashing of My Dad

The Brainwashing of My Dad

2015

Animation Director

Bill Plympton's Revengeance Kickstarter Project

Bill Plympton's Revengeance Kickstarter Project

2015

Writer

The Gastronomic Shark

The Gastronomic Shark

2015

Director, Writer

ABCs of Death 2

ABCs of Death 2

2014

Director, Producer

The Prophet

The Prophet

2014

Co-Director

Cheatin'

Cheatin'

2014

Director, Writer

Footprints

Footprints

2014

Director, Writer

The Ornaments

The Ornaments

2013

Director, Animation, Writer

Drunker Than a Skunk

Drunker Than a Skunk

2013

Director

Tiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway

Tiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway

2012

Director, Writer

Waiting for Her Sailor

Waiting for Her Sailor

2012

Director

Bill Plympton's Cheatin' Kickstarter Project

Bill Plympton's Cheatin' Kickstarter Project

2012

Writer

Summer Bummer

Summer Bummer

2012

Director, Writer

Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest

Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest

2011

Character Designer

The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project

The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project

2011

Writer

Guard Dog Global Jam

Guard Dog Global Jam

2011

Director, Writer, Producer

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation

2011

Director

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

2010

Director, Writer

Horn Dog

Horn Dog

2009

Director, Animation

Random! Cartoons

Random! Cartoons

2008

Writer, Director, Creator

Santa: The Fascist Years

Santa: The Fascist Years

2008

Director, Writer

Tokyo OnlyPic 2008

Tokyo OnlyPic 2008

2008

Director

Idiots and Angels

Idiots and Angels

2008

Director, Writer, Producer

The Animation Show, Volume 4

The Animation Show, Volume 4

2008

Director

Hot Dog

Hot Dog

2008

Director, Writer

The Luv Race

The Luv Race

2008

Screenstory, Director, Writer

Gary Guitar

Gary Guitar

2007

Director, Writer

Shuteye Hotel

Shuteye Hotel

2007

Director, Writer

Fuck

Fuck

2006

Animation

Guide Dog

Guide Dog

2006

Director, Writer

The Fan and the Flower

The Fan and the Flower

2005

Director

Spiral

Spiral

2005

Director, Writer, Animation, Producer

Guard Dog

Guard Dog

2004

Director, Writer, Producer, Animation

Hair High

Hair High

2004

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Animation

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal

2003

Director, Writer, Animation

For Reel?

For Reel?

2003

Writer

Mutant Aliens

Mutant Aliens

2002

Director, Producer, Screenplay

ChalkZone

ChalkZone

2002

Animation

Parking

Parking

2002

Director, Writer

An Early Movie

An Early Movie

2002

Director

House of Weirdness

House of Weirdness

2002

Director

12 Tiny Christmas Tales

12 Tiny Christmas Tales

2001

Director

Eat

Eat

2001

Director, Writer

Can't Drag Race with Jesus

Can't Drag Race with Jesus

2000

Director, Writer

New Advances in Medicine

New Advances in Medicine

2000

Director

Happiness Is... Licking the Frosting

Happiness Is... Licking the Frosting

2000

Director

The Ultimate Blowjob

The Ultimate Blowjob

2000

Director

How to Grab a Woman's Breast

How to Grab a Woman's Breast

2000

Director

The Death of Jackson Pollock

The Death of Jackson Pollock

2000

Director

How to Tell a Woman's Sexual Preference

How to Tell a Woman's Sexual Preference

2000

Director

Pubic Hair Transplants

Pubic Hair Transplants

2000

Director

Rudolfo the Gay Lion Tamer

Rudolfo the Gay Lion Tamer

2000

Director

Surprise Cinema

Surprise Cinema

1999

Director, Writer

Life

Life

1999

Director

More Sex & Violence

More Sex & Violence

1999

Director, Writer, Producer, Animation

The Exciting Life of a Tree

The Exciting Life of a Tree

1999

Director

I Married a Strange Person!

I Married a Strange Person!

1998

Creator, Director, Writer, Animation

Cartoon Sushi

Cartoon Sushi

1998

Director

Helter Shelter

Helter Shelter

1998

Director, Writer

General Chaos: Uncensored Animation

General Chaos: Uncensored Animation

1998

Director

Boney D

Boney D

1997

Writer, Director

Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation Sick & Twisted Volume 4

Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation Sick & Twisted Volume 4

1997

Director

Twisted Toons

Twisted Toons

1997

Director

Mondo Plympton

Mondo Plympton

1997

Director, Writer

Sex & Violence

Sex & Violence

1997

Director, Writer, Producer

Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet

Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet

1997

Director

The Animal Lover

The Animal Lover

1997

Director

How to Make Love to a Woman

How to Make Love to a Woman

1996

Director, Writer, Producer, Animation

Plympmania

Plympmania

1996

Writer, Director, Producer, Animation

Smell the Flowers

Smell the Flowers

1996

Writer, Director

Guns on the Clackamas

Guns on the Clackamas

1995

Director, Writer, Producer

Nosehair

Nosehair

1994

Director, Writer

Faded Roads

Faded Roads

1994

Director, Writer, Producer

The World's Greatest Animation

The World's Greatest Animation

1994

Director

J. Lyle

J. Lyle

1994

Producer, Director, Writer

Draw

Draw

1993

Writer, Director

Dancing All Day

Dancing All Day

1992

Director, Writer

The Tune

The Tune

1992

Creator, Director, Story

Flooby Nooby

Flooby Nooby

1992

Director

Lovesick Hotel

Lovesick Hotel

1992

Director

Toon-O-Rama

Toon-O-Rama

1992

Director, Writer

Animania

Animania

1991

Director

Push Comes to Shove

Push Comes to Shove

1991

Director, Writer, Animation

No Nose Blues

No Nose Blues

1991

Director, Animation

The Wiseman

The Wiseman

1991

Director, Writer

Isn't It Good Again

Isn't It Good Again

1991

Director, Animation

Plymptoons

Plymptoons

1990

Director, Writer, Animation

Tango Schmango

Tango Schmango

1990

Writer, Director, Producer

Dig My Do

Dig My Do

1990

Director, Animation, Writer

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Animation

25 Ways to Quit Smoking

25 Ways to Quit Smoking

1989

Director, Writer, Producer

Animated Self-Portraits

Animated Self-Portraits

1989

Writer, Director

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

1989

Director

Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

1989

Director, Writer, Animation, Art Direction, Art Designer, Producer, Animation Director, Creator

Noodle Ear

Noodle Ear

1989

Director

Acid Rain

Acid Rain

1989

Director

How to Kiss

How to Kiss

1988

Director, Writer

One Of Those Days

One Of Those Days

1988

Director, Writer, Animation

Your Face

Your Face

1987

Director, Writer, Producer

Love in the Fast Lane

Love in the Fast Lane

1987

Director, Writer, Producer

Drawing Lesson #2

Drawing Lesson #2

1985

Director, Writer, Producer

Boomtown

Boomtown

1985

Director

Al TV

Al TV

1984

Director

Lucas, the Ear of Corn

Lucas, the Ear of Corn

1977

Director, Writer

The Great Turn On

The Great Turn On

1968

Director

It's the Bigness of the Office...

It's the Bigness of the Office...

Director

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