Bill Plympton

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-04-30 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Portland, Oregon, USA

Bill Plympton

Biography

Bill Plympton (born in Portland) 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 anima...

Acting

2013

The Ornaments

as Ornament #1

1989

25 Ways to Quit Smoking

as Narrateur / Homme (voix) (Non crédité)

1997

2002

Mutant Aliens

as Guard (voice)

2016

Hitler's Folly

as Nazi Soldier

2022

Claydream

as Self

2000

Godass

as Self

Production

2006

Fuck

as Animation

2002

Mutant Aliens

as Director

1992

The Tune

as Creator

1992

The Tune

as Director

2008

2008

1994

J. Lyle

as Producer

1991

2004

Guard Dog

as Writer

2004

Guard Dog

as Director

2004

Guard Dog

as Producer

2005

2008

1997

Sex & Violence

as Director

1997

Sex & Violence

as Producer

1997

2022

1994

Nosehair

as Director

1988

How to Kiss

as Director

1985

1988

1987

Your Face

as Writer

1987

Your Face

as Director

2014

ABCs of Death 2

as Director

1985

Boomtown

as Director

2006

Guide Dog

as Director

2006

Guide Dog

as Writer

1977

1987

1987

2014

Cheatin'

as Director

1994

J. Lyle

as Director

1994

J. Lyle

as Writer

2004

Hair High

as Director

1994

Faded Roads

as Director

1994

Faded Roads

as Writer

1994

Faded Roads

as Producer

2011

Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest

as Character Designer

2014

Footprints

as Director

2004

Hair High

as Screenplay

2002

Parking

as Director

2021

Demi’s Panic

as Director

2001

Eat

as Writer

2001

Eat

as Director

2012

2009

Horn Dog

as Director

2012

Summer Bummer

as Director

1999

Surprise Cinema

as Director

2008

Hot Dog

as Director

2008

Hot Dog

as Writer

1990

Plymptoons

as Director

2013

The Ornaments

as Writer

2013

The Ornaments

as Director

2013

The Ornaments

as Animation

1968

1995

1997

Twisted Toons

as Director

2007

Shuteye Hotel

as Writer

2007

Shuteye Hotel

as Director

2016

Hitler's Folly

as Director

2016

2016

Hitler's Folly

as Producer

2016

Revengeance

as Director

1992

Flooby Nooby

as Director

1992

Lovesick Hotel

as Director

2013

2000

2023

Downwind

as Title Illustration

2000

2011

2005

Spiral

as Producer

2005

Spiral

as Animation

2005

Spiral

as Director

2011

2005

Spiral

as Writer

1999

1999

1999

1999

1992

Dancing All Day

as Director

1992

1991

The Wiseman

as Director

2025

Slide

as Director

2025

Slide

as Animation

1997

Mondo Plympton

as Director

2002

Mutant Aliens

as Producer

2008

2017

Cop Dog

as Director

2008

The Luv Race

as Screenstory

2008

The Luv Race

as Writer

2008

The Luv Race

as Director

1992

Toon-O-Rama

as Writer

1992

Toon-O-Rama

as Director

1995

1998

Helter Shelter

as Director

1998

2014

The Prophet

as Co-Director

2016

Revengeance

as Writer

2019

Sex & Violence 3

as Director

2015

2019

1999

Life

as Director

2007

Gary Guitar

as Director

1990

2002

Mutant Aliens

as Screenplay

1996

2002

Parking

as Writer

1994

Nosehair

as Writer

2014

Footprints

as Writer

2012

Summer Bummer

as Writer

1999

2003

For Reel?

as Writer

1991

The Wiseman

as Writer

1997

Boney D

as Writer

1993

Draw

as Writer

2007

Gary Guitar

as Writer

1996

Plympmania

as Writer

2025

Slide

as Screenplay

1997

2018

The Modern Lives

as Director

1997

Boney D

as Director

1993

Draw

as Director

1996

2018

2015

The Brainwashing of My Dad

as Animation Director

1989

Self-Portrait

as Director

1989

Noodle Ear

as Director

2002

1989

Acid Rain

as Director

2002

An Early Movie

as Director

2014

Cheatin'

as Writer

2014

ABCs of Death 2

as Producer

2004

Hair High

as Producer

2004

Hair High

as Animation

2020

1987

Your Face

as Producer

2016

Revengeance

as Producer

1990

Tango Schmango

as Director

1996

Plympmania

as Director

1996

Plympmania

as Producer

1990

Tango Schmango

as Producer

1996

Plympmania

as Animation

1990

Dig My Do

as Animation

1990

Dig My Do

as Director

1990

Dig My Do

as Writer

1985

1985

1988

How to Kiss

as Writer

1988

One Of Those Days

as Animation

1988

1991

No Nose Blues

as Director

1991

1991

1991

No Nose Blues

as Animation

1990

Plymptoons

as Animation

1990

Plymptoons

as Writer

1991

1991

2009

Horn Dog

as Animation

1992

The Tune

as Story

2004

Guard Dog

as Animation

1997

The Animal Lover

as Director

2025

Duckville

as Director

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