Don Hertzfeldt

Musing 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.

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Don Hertzfeldt introduces his new film from the dark underground caverns of a strange planet.

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Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.

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Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.

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Richard 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.

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Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.

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Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery.

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A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.

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A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.

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Rod 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.

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A "trilogy" of surreal and funny cartoons, produced exclusively to book-end the first year of The Animation Show's travelling theatrical tour.

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In 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...

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Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

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A life, seen through paper.

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A collection of extraordinary animated short films from around the world, curated by Don Hertzfeldt. Released exclusively to movie theaters to support independent animators, the program includes “Martyr’s Guidebook”, “Zoon”, “The Hill Farm”, “I Am Alone and My Head is On Fire”, “Wednesday with Goddard”, “Jesus 2”, “The Big Snit”, “Untitled Line Drawings” (never-before-seen work by Bruce Bickford), and more.

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A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.

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Musing 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.

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A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.

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Don Hertzfeldt introduces his new film from the dark underground caverns of a strange planet.

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Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.

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A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

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Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.

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Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.

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Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.

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Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery.

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The third installment of Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt's traveling animation anthology including 17 such as "Everything Will Be OK", "Game Over", "Guide Dog", and "Davey and Son of Goliath".

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A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.

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Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt return featuring their second animation anthology.

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A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.

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A "trilogy" of surreal and funny cartoons, produced exclusively to book-end the first year of The Animation Show's travelling theatrical tour.

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In 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...

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A boy and his balloon.

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A blind date ends in disaster.

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In Don Hertzfeldt's second student film, a hapless cartoon character is dragged through a spectrum of cinematic situations by his frustrated animator.

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In this clever and over-the-top satire of romantic rituals, a cartoon pickup artist is violently torn apart by the women he courts. Don Hertzfeldt's first student film, he plays the part of a mentally unwell animator who's losing his grip within his own movie; an idea he'd later revisit in other early "meta" shorts "Genre" and "Rejected". Despite being produced at the age of 18 and not intended for exhibition, HBO named it "The World's Funniest Cartoon" in 1998.

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Described as a “big” existential horror animation that Hertzfeldt has been working on for 15 years.

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