Bill Plympton
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing112
movieSlide
2025
Director
movieWhale 52
2025
Director
movieDuckville
2025
Director
movieLipstick of the Brave
2022
Director
movieDemi’s Panic
2021
Director
movieThe One-Minute Memoir
2020
Director
movieSex & Violence 3
2019
Director
movieNo Snow for Christmas
2018
Director
tvTrump Bites
2018
Director
movieThe Modern Lives
2018
Director
movieGood Advice
2017
Director
movieCop Dog
2017
Director
movieRevengeance
2016
Director
movieHitler's Folly
2016
Director
movieThe Loneliest Stoplight
2015
Director
movieThe Gastronomic Shark
2015
Director
movieABCs of Death 2
2014
Director
movieCheatin'
2014
Director
movieFootprints
2014
Director
movieThe Ornaments
2013
Director
movieWaiting for Her Sailor
2012
Director
movieSummer Bummer
2012
Director
movieGuard Dog Global Jam
2011
Director
movieMexican Standoff
2009
Director
movieHorn Dog
2009
Director
tvRandom! Cartoons
2008
Director
movieTokyo OnlyPic 2008
2008
Director
movieIdiots and Angels
2008
Director
movieHot Dog
2008
Director
movieThe Luv Race
2008
Director
movieGary Guitar
2007
Director
movieShuteye Hotel
2007
Director
movieGuide Dog
2006
Director
movieThe Fan and the Flower
2005
Director
movieSpiral
2005
Director
movieGuard Dog
2004
Director
movieHair High
2004
Director
movieMutant Aliens
2002
Director
movieParking
2002
Director
movie12 Tiny Christmas Tales
2001
Director
movieEat
2001
Director
movieThe Ultimate Blowjob
2000
Director
moviePubic Hair Transplants
2000
Director
movieSurprise Cinema
1999
Director
Life
1999
Director
movieMore Sex & Violence
1999
Director
tvCartoon Sushi
1998
Director
movieHelter Shelter
1998
Director
movieBoney D
1997
Director
movieMondo Plympton
1997
Director
movieSex & Violence
1997
Director
movieSmell the Flowers
1996
Director
moviePlympmania
1996
Director
movieGuns on the Clackamas
1995
Director
movieNosehair
1994
Director
movieFaded Roads
1994
Director
movieJ. Lyle
1994
Director
movieDraw
1993
Director
movieDancing All Day
1992
Director
movieThe Tune
1992
Director
movieLovesick Hotel
1992
Director
movieFlooby Nooby
1992
Director
Toon-O-Rama
1992
Director
Animania
1991
Director
moviePush Comes to Shove
1991
Director
movieNo Nose Blues
1991
Director
movieThe Wiseman
1991
Director
movieIsn't It Good Again
1991
Director
moviePlymptoons
1990
Director
movieTango Schmango
1990
Director
movieDig My Do
1990
Director
movie25 Ways to Quit Smoking
1989
Director
movieAnimated Self-Portraits
1989
Director
Noodle Ear
1989
Director
movieAcid Rain
1989
Director
movieHow to Kiss
1988
Director
movieOne of Those Days
1988
Director
movieYour Face
1987
Director
movieBoomtown
1985
Director
tvAl TV
1984
Director
movieLucas, the Ear of Corn
1977
Director
movieThe Great Turn On
1968
Director
Writing69
movieSlide
2025
Screenplay
movieGood Advice
2017
Screenplay
movieRevengeance
2016
Writer
movieHitler's Folly
2016
Writer
movieCheatin'
2014
Writer
movieFootprints
2014
Writer
movieThe Ornaments
2013
Writer
Bill Plympton's Cheatin' Kickstarter Project
2012
Writer
movieSummer Bummer
2012
Writer
tvRandom! Cartoons
2008
Writer
movieHot Dog
2008
Writer
movieThe Luv Race
2008
Screenstory, Writer
movieGary Guitar
2007
Writer
movieShuteye Hotel
2007
Writer
movieGuide Dog
2006
Writer
movieSpiral
2005
Writer
movieGuard Dog
2004
Writer
movieHair High
2004
Screenplay
movieMutant Aliens
2002
Screenplay
movieParking
2002
Writer
movieEat
2001
Writer
movieSurprise Cinema
1999
Writer
movieHelter Shelter
1998
Writer
movieBoney D
1997
Writer
movieMondo Plympton
1997
Writer
movieSex & Violence
1997
Writer
moviePlympmania
1996
Writer
movieNosehair
1994
Writer
movieFaded Roads
1994
Writer
movieJ. Lyle
1994
Writer
movieDraw
1993
Writer
movieDancing All Day
1992
Writer
movieThe Tune
1992
Story
movieThe Wiseman
1991
Writer
movieTango Schmango
1990
Writer
movieDig My Do
1990
Writer
moviePlymptoons
1990
Writer
movieHow to Kiss
1988
Writer
movieYour Face
1987
Writer
Visual Effects25
movieSlide
2025
Animation
movieThe Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
Animation Director
movieThe Ornaments
2013
Animation
Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest
2011
Character Designer
movieMexican Standoff
2009
Animation
movieHorn Dog
2009
Animation
movieFuck
2006
Animation
movieSpiral
2005
Animation
movieGuard Dog
2004
Animation
movieHair High
2004
Animation
tvChalkZone
2002
Animation
movieMore Sex & Violence
1999
Animation
movieI Married a Strange Person!
1998
Animation
movieHow to Make Love to a Woman
1996
Animation
moviePlympmania
1996
Animation
moviePush Comes to Shove
1991
Animation
movieNo Nose Blues
1991
Animation
movieIsn't It Good Again
1991
Animation
movieDig My Do
1990
Animation
moviePlymptoons
1990
Animation
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Animation
tvPlymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989
Animation, Animation Director
movieOne of Those Days
1988
Animation
Production22
movieRevengeance
2016
Producer
movieHitler's Folly
2016
Producer
movieABCs of Death 2
2014
Producer
movieGuard Dog Global Jam
2011
Producer
movieIdiots and Angels
2008
Producer
movieSpiral
2005
Producer
movieGuard Dog
2004
Producer
movieHair High
2004
Producer
movieMutant Aliens
2002
Producer
movieMore Sex & Violence
1999
Producer
movieSex & Violence
1997
Producer
moviePlympmania
1996
Producer
movieGuns on the Clackamas
1995
Producer
movieFaded Roads
1994
Producer
movieJ. Lyle
1994
Producer
movieTango Schmango
1990
Producer
movie25 Ways to Quit Smoking
1989
Producer
movieYour Face
1987
Producer
Acting14
movieHitler's Folly
2016
Nazi Soldier
movieThe Ornaments
2013
Ornament #1
movieMutant Aliens
2002
Guard (voice)
movieGodass
2000
Self
movie25 Ways to Quit Smoking
1989
Narrateur / Homme (voix) (Non crédité)
tvPlymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989
Lucas (voice) / (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Young Man
Crew5
Art2
movieDownwind
2023
Title Illustration
tvPlymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989
Art Direction, Art Designer