Don Hertzfeldt
Directing
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
Directing23
moviePaper Trail
2026
Director
movieAnimation Mixtape
2025
Director
movieME
2024
Director
movieOn Memory
2021
Director
movieIntro
2017
Director
movieWorld of Tomorrow
2015
Director
movieWisdom Teeth
2010
Director
movieI Am So Proud of You
2008
Director
movieEverything Will Be OK
2006
Director
movieThe Meaning of Life
2005
Director
movieRejected
2000
Director
movieBilly's Balloon
1998
Director
movieLily and Jim
1997
Director
movieGenre
1996
Director
movieAh, l'Amour
1995
Director
movieAntarctica
Director
Production22
moviePaper Trail
2026
Producer
movieAnimation Mixtape
2025
Producer
movieME
2024
Producer
movieOn Memory
2021
Producer
movieIntro
2017
Producer
movieWorld of Tomorrow
2015
Producer
movieWisdom Teeth
2010
Producer
movieI Am So Proud of You
2008
Producer
movieEverything Will Be OK
2006
Producer
movieThe Meaning of Life
2005
Producer
movieRejected
2000
Producer
movieBilly's Balloon
1998
Producer
movieLily and Jim
1997
Producer
movieGenre
1996
Producer
Writing21
moviePaper Trail
2026
Writer
movieME
2024
Writer
movieOn Memory
2021
Writer
movieIntro
2017
Writer
movieWisdom Teeth
2010
Writer
movieRejected
2000
Writer
movieBilly's Balloon
1998
Writer
movieLily and Jim
1997
Writer
movieGenre
1996
Writer
movieAh, l'Amour
1995
Writer
movieAntarctica
Writer
Camera14
movieME
2024
Director of Photography
movieWorld of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes
2023
Director of Photography
movieOn Memory
2021
Director of Photography
movieWorld of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020
Director of Photography
movieWorld of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017
Director of Photography
movieWorld of Tomorrow
2015
Director of Photography
movieIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
Director of Photography
movieIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2011
Director of Photography
movieWisdom Teeth
2010
Director of Photography
movieI Am So Proud of You
2008
Director of Photography
movieEverything Will Be OK
2006
Director of Photography
movieThe Meaning of Life
2005
Director of Photography
movieRejected
2000
Director of Photography
movieAh, l'Amour
1995
Director of Photography
Visual Effects13
moviePaper Trail
2026
Animation
movieME
2024
Animation
movieOn Memory
2021
Animation
movieWorld of Tomorrow
2015
Digital Effects Producer, Animation
movieEverything Will Be OK
2006
Animation
movieThe Meaning of Life
2005
Animation
movieBilly's Balloon
1998
Animation
movieLily and Jim
1997
Animation
movieGenre
1996
Animation
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Animation
Acting12
movieOn Memory
2021
Himself (voice)
movieIntro
2017
Self (voice)
movieIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
Narrator (voice)
movieIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2011
Narrator (voice)
movieSlacker 2011
2011
TV Backpacker
movieWisdom Teeth
2010
Stanilus (voice)
movieI Am So Proud of You
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieEverything Will Be OK
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieHair High
2004
Dill (voice)
movieThe Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
2003
Fluffy Thing #2 (voice)
movieRejected
2000
Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Future Bart / Future Lisa / Future Marge (voice)
Sound9
moviePaper Trail
2026
Sound Designer
movieME
2024
Sound
movieOn Memory
2021
Sound
movieWorld of Tomorrow
2015
Sound Editor, Sound Mixer, Musician
movieIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2012
Sound Editor
movieEverything Will Be OK
2006
Original Music Composer, Sound Recordist
Editing8
Art1
movieThe Devil's Candy
2016
Art Designer