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Don Hertzfeldt

Don Hertzfeldt

Directing1976Fremont, California, USA

Biography

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."

Known For

Acting History

Future
Antarctica
Director
2026
Paper Trail
Director
Paper Trail
Sound Designer
Paper Trail
Producer
Paper Trail
Animation
2024
ME
Writer
ME
Animation
ME
Director
ME
Director of Photography
ME
Producer
ME
Editor
ME
Sound
2016
The Devil's Candy
Art Designer
2015
World of Tomorrow
Digital Effects Producer
World of Tomorrow
Sound Editor
World of Tomorrow
Director of Photography
2014
The Simpsons
TVas Future Bart / Future Lisa / Future Marge (voice)1 eps
2010
Wisdom Teeth
as Stanilus (voice)
Wisdom Teeth
Director
Wisdom Teeth
Director of Photography
Wisdom Teeth
Producer
2008
2006
2004
Hair High
as Dill (voice)
2000
Rejected
as Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice)
Rejected
Writer
Rejected
Director
Rejected
Director of Photography
Rejected
Producer
1997
1996
Genre
Director
Genre
Writer
Genre
Animation
Genre
Producer
1995
Ah, l'Amour
Director
Ah, l'Amour
Director of Photography
1989
The Simpsons
TVAnimation

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/1/1976(49 years old)
Place of Birth
Fremont, California, USA
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