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Don Hertzfeldt
Director & actor · born 1 August 1976 · Fremont, California, USA
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."
Where to start: It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012).
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Paper Trail
2026 · 7.8/10
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Animation Mixtape
2025
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ME
2024 · 7.9/10
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On Memory
2021 · 7.8/10
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World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020 · 8.3/10
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Intro
2017 · 6.4/10
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World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017 · 7.9/10
Absolute Cinema
World of Tomorrow
2015 · 7.8/10
Worth the Hype
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 · 7.9/10
Absolute Cinema
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2011 · 7.8/10
Worth the Hype
Wisdom Teeth
2010 · 6.8/10
Popcorn Flick
I Am So Proud of You
2008 · 7.5/10
Worth the Hype
Everything Will Be OK
2006 · 7.6/10
Worth the Hype
The Meaning of Life
2005 · 6.8/10
Popcorn Flick
The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
2003 · 6.9/10
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The Animation Show, Volume 1
2003 · 7.9/10
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Rejected
2000 · 7.2/10
Worth the Hype
Billy's Balloon
1998 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
Lily and Jim
1997 · 6.5/10
Popcorn Flick
Genre
1996 · 6.8/10
Popcorn Flick
Ah, l'Amour
1995 · 6.2/10
Popcorn FlickAs actor 11
On Memory
2021 · 7.8/10
NewIntro
2017 · 6.4/10
NewIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 · 7.9/10
Absolute CinemaIt's Such a Beautiful Day
2011 · 7.8/10
Worth the HypeWisdom Teeth
2010 · 6.8/10
Popcorn FlickI Am So Proud of You
2008 · 7.5/10
Worth the HypeEverything Will Be OK
2006 · 7.6/10
Worth the HypeThe Meaning of Life
2005 · 6.8/10
Popcorn Flick
Hair High
2004 · 6.4/10
NewThe Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
2003 · 6.9/10
NewRejected
2000 · 7.2/10
Worth the HypeTV shows 1
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Don Hertzfeldt movie?
By viewer score, It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) at 7.9/10.
What are Don Hertzfeldt’s most popular movies?
It's Such a Beautiful Day, It's Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow.
How many movies has Don Hertzfeldt made?
33 films on TMDB, 22 as director, 11 as actor.