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Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton

Director & actor · born 30 April 1946 · Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

Where to start: ABCs of Death 2 (2014).

As director 108

As actor 12

TV shows 1

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Bill Plympton movie?

By viewer score, ABCs of Death 2 (2014) at 5.4/10.

What are Bill Plympton’s most popular movies?

ABCs of Death 2, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, Idiots and Angels.

How many movies has Bill Plympton made?

120 films on TMDB, 108 as director, 12 as actor.

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