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Bill Plympton

Director | Animation Department | Writer

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Turned down a 7-figure offer from The Walt Disney Company to animate Aladdin because any ideas he developed while under contract with them would become their intellectual property.

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in Portland, Oregon, USA
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Hide HideDirector (63 titles)
2014 The Prophet (segment director) (filming)
 
2013 Cheatin' (filming)
 
2012 Tiffany: Death on the Runway (TV movie)
 
2012 Waiting for Her Sailor (short)
 
2012 Summer Bummer (short)
 
2011 Guard Dog Global Jam (short)
 
2011 The Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation (segment "The Cow That Wanted To Be A Hamburger")
 
2010 The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger (short)
 
2009 Horn Dog (short)
 
2008 Santa, the Fascist Years (short)
 
2008 Tokyo Onlypic 2008
 
2008 Idiots and Angels
 
2008 The Animation Show 4
 
2008 Hot Dog (short)
 
2007 Shuteye Hotel (short)
 
2007 Random! Cartoons (TV series)
– Gary Guitar (2007)
 
2006 Al TV (TV movie) (segment "Don't Download This Song")
 
2006 Straight Outta Lynwood (video) (segment "Don't Download This Song")
 
2006 Guide Dog (short)
 
2005 Spiral (short) (as W.P. Murton)
 
2005 The Fan and the Flower (short)
 
2004 Guard Dog (short)
 
2004 Hair High
 
2003 Parking (short)
 
2001 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (TV movie)
 
2001 Eat (short)
 
2001 Mutant Aliens
 
2000 The Exciting Life of a Tree (short)
 
2000 Surprise Cinema (short)
 
2000 Can't Drag Race with Jesus (short)
 
1999 More Sex and Violence (short)
 
1999 Mondo Plympton
 
1998 General Chaos: Uncensored Animation
 
1997 Boney D (short)
 
1997 I Married a Strange Person!
 
1997 Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation Sick & Twisted Volume 4 (video short)
 
1997 Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (documentary)
 
1997 Sex and Violence (short)
 
1996 How to Make Love to a Woman (short)
 
1996 Smell the Flowers (short)
 
1995 Guns on the Clackamas: A Documentary
 
1994 Faded Roads (short)
 
1994 Nose Hair (short)
 
1994 J. Lyle
 
1993 Draw (short)
 
1992 The Tune
 
1992 Toon-O-Rama (TV movie)
 
1991 The Wiseman (short)
 
1991 Plymptoons (short)
 
1991 Push Comes to Shove (short) (as Bill Plimpton)
 
1990 Dig My Do (short)
 
1990 Tango Schmango (short)
 
1989 Animated Self-Portraits (short)
 
1989 245 Days (short) (animation director)
 
1989 How to Kiss (short)
 
1989 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (short)
 
1988/II Self Portrait (short)
 
1988 One of Those Days (short)
 
1987 Love in the Fast Lane (short)
 
1987 Your Face (short)
 
1985 Drawing Lesson #2 (short)
 
1985 Boomtown (short)
 
1977 Lucas, the Ear of Corn (short)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (47 titles)
2013 Sebastian (short) (animator) (completed)
 
2013 Fugly! (animator)
 
2013 The Simpsons (TV series) (animator: Noir - 1 episode, 2013) (director: Noir - 1 episode, 2013)
– Black-Eyed, Please (2013) (animator: Noir, director: Noir)
 
2011 Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest (short) (character designer)
 
2009 Horn Dog (short) (animator)
 
2008 Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (animator)
 
2008 Santa, the Fascist Years (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
2008 Idiots and Angels (animator)
 
2008 Hot Dog (short) (animator)
 
2007 Shuteye Hotel (short) (animator)
 
2007 Random! Cartoons (TV series) (animator - 1 episode, 2007) (background artist - 1 episode, 2007) (character designer - 1 episode, 2007) (title card design - 1 episode, 2007)
– Gary Guitar (2007) (animator, background artist, character designer, title card design)
 
2006 Straight Outta Lynwood (video) (animator - segment "Don't Download This Song")
 
2006 Guide Dog (short) (animator)
 
2005 Fuck (documentary) (animator)
 
2005 Spiral (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
2005 The Fan and the Flower (short) (animator)
 
2004 Guard Dog (short) (animator)
 
2004 Hair High (animator)
 
2003 Animated Century (TV documentary) (character designer)
 
2003 Parking (short) (animator)
 
2001 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (TV movie) (animator)
 
2001 Eat (short) (animator)
 
2001 Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (documentary) (animator)
 
2001 Mutant Aliens (animator)
 
2000 Surprise Cinema (short) (animator)
 
2000 Can't Drag Race with Jesus (short) (animator)
 
2000 Life (short) (animator)
 
1999 My Teacher's Wife (animator)
 
1999 More Sex and Violence (short) (animator)
 
1997 Sex and Violence (short) (animator)
 
1996 How to Make Love to a Woman (short) (animator)
 
1994 Nose Hair (short) (animator)
 
1992 The Edge (TV series) (animator)
 
1992 The Tune (animator)
 
1991 The Wiseman (short) (animator)
 
1991 Plymptoons (short) (animator)
 
1991 Push Comes to Shove (short) (animator - as Bill Plimpton)
 
1990 Dig My Do (short) (animator)
 
1989 How to Kiss (short) (animator)
 
1989 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (short) (animator)
 
1988/II Self Portrait (short) (animator)
 
1988 One of Those Days (short) (animator)
 
1987 Who's That Girl (animator: main title - uncredited)
 
1987 The Chipmunk Adventure (additional animator - uncredited)
 
1987 Your Face (short) (animator)
 
1985 Drawing Lesson #2 (short) (animator)
 
1985 Boomtown (short) (animator)
 
Show ShowWriter (46 titles)
2013 Cheatin' (filming)
 
2012 Tiffany: Death on the Runway (TV movie)
 
2012 Summer Bummer (short)
 
2011 The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project (short)
 
2011 Guard Dog Global Jam (short)
 
2010 The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger (short)
 
2008 Santa, the Fascist Years (short) (uncredited)
 
2008 Idiots and Angels (written by)
 
2008 Hot Dog (short) (writer)
 
2007 Shuteye Hotel (short) (written by)
 
2007 Random! Cartoons (TV series)
– Gary Guitar (2007) (created & written by)
 
2006 Guide Dog (short)
 
2004 Guard Dog (short)
 
2004 Hair High
 
2003 For Reel? (TV documentary)
 
2003 Parking (short) (writer)
 
2001 Eat (short)
 
2001 Mutant Aliens
 
2000 Surprise Cinema (short)
 
2000 Can't Drag Race with Jesus (short)
 
1999 More Sex and Violence (short) (written by)
 
1999 Mondo Plympton (writer)
 
1997 Boney D (short)
 
1997 I Married a Strange Person!
 
1997 Sex and Violence (short) (writer)
 
1996 How to Make Love to a Woman (short)
 
1996 Smell the Flowers (short)
 
1995 Guns on the Clackamas: A Documentary
 
1994 Faded Roads (short)
 
1994 Nose Hair (short)
 
1994 J. Lyle
 
1993 Draw (short) (writer)
 
1992 The Tune (story)
 
1992 Toon-O-Rama (TV movie)
 
1991 The Wiseman (short)
 
1991 Plymptoons (short)
 
1991 Push Comes to Shove (short) (as Bill Plimpton)
 
1990 Dig My Do (short)
 
1990 Tango Schmango (short)
 
1989 How to Kiss (short) (writer)
 
1989 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (short) (writer)
 
1988 One of Those Days (short) (writer)
 
1987 Love in the Fast Lane (short)
 
1987 Your Face (short)
 
1985 Drawing Lesson #2 (short)
 
1977 Lucas, the Ear of Corn (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (46 titles)
2013 Cheatin' (producer) (filming)
 
2013 Magnum Farce (consulting producer) (filming)
 
2012 Tiffany: Death on the Runway (TV movie) (producer)
 
2012 Waiting for Her Sailor (short) (producer)
 
2012 Summer Bummer (short) (producer)
 
2011 The Flying House (short) (producer)
 
2011 Guard Dog Global Jam (short) (producer)
 
2011 The Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation (producer - segment "The Cow That Wanted To Be A Hamburger")
 
2008 Idiots and Angels (producer)
 
2007 Random! Cartoons (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Gary Guitar (2007) (executive producer)
 
2006 Guide Dog (short) (producer)
 
2005 Spiral (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
2004 Guard Dog (short) (producer)
 
2004 Hair High (producer)
 
2003 Parking (short) (producer)
 
2001 Mutant Aliens (producer)
 
2000 The Exciting Life of a Tree (short) (producer)
 
2000 Surprise Cinema (short) (producer)
 
2000 Can't Drag Race with Jesus (short) (producer)
 
1999 More Sex and Violence (short) (producer)
 
1999 Mondo Plympton (producer)
 
1997 Boney D (short) (producer)
 
1997 I Married a Strange Person! (producer)
 
1997 Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (documentary) (producer)
 
1997 Sex and Violence (short) (producer)
 
1996 How to Make Love to a Woman (short) (producer)
 
1996 Smell the Flowers (short) (producer)
 
1995 Guns on the Clackamas: A Documentary (producer)
 
1994 Faded Roads (short) (producer)
 
1994 Nose Hair (short) (producer)
 
1994 J. Lyle (producer)
 
1993 Draw (short) (producer)
 
1992 The Tune (producer)
 
1992 Toon-O-Rama (TV movie) (producer)
 
1991 The Wiseman (short) (producer)
 
1991 Plymptoons (short) (producer)
 
1991 Push Comes to Shove (short) (producer)
 
1990 Dig My Do (short) (producer)
 
1990 Tango Schmango (short) (producer)
 
1989 How to Kiss (short) (producer)
 
1989 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (short) (producer)
 
1988 One of Those Days (short) (producer)
 
1987 Love in the Fast Lane (short) (producer)
 
1987 Your Face (short) (producer)
 
1985 Drawing Lesson #2 (short) (producer)
 
1977 Lucas, the Ear of Corn (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (8 titles)
2013 Magnum Farce (filming)
Farmer (voice)
 
2012 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Beware My Cheating Bart (2012) (voice)
 
2001 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (TV movie) (voice)
 
2001 Mutant Aliens (voice)
 
2000 Godass
Cameo appearance
 
1999 Mondo Plympton (voice)
 
1989 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (short)
Narrator/Man (voice) (uncredited)
 
1977 Lucas, the Ear of Corn (short)
Lucas (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (2 titles)
2007 Random! Cartoons (TV series) (prop designer - 1 episode)
– Gary Guitar (2007) (prop designer)
 
1985 Boomtown (short) (artist)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2007 Random! Cartoons (TV series) (voice director - 1 episode)
– Gary Guitar (2007) (voice director)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2006 Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV series documentary)
– Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War (2006) (animation)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1999 Mondo Plympton
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
1999 Mondo Plympton
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1997 Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2009 Birth (short) (thanks)
 
2008 Only Love (short) (special thanks)
 
2006 She She She She's a Bombshell (short) (thanks)
 
2005 Film Geek (special thanks)
 
2000 Manhatitlán Chronicles (short) (special thanks)
 
1993 I Think I Was an Alcoholic (short) (special thanks)
 
1991 How Much Is That Window in the Doggie? (short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2013 Imagine the Dreams (documentary) (filming)
Himself (rumored)
 
2013 Dutchman Revisited (documentary) (filming)
Himself (rumored)
 
2012 Bill Plympton Re-Imagine's Winsor McCay's, 'The Flying House' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 OnCreativity (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Aspiring Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– VIP Red Carpet Event (Burbank International Film Festival) (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project (short)
Himself
 
2011 Adventures in Plymptoons! (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cinéma 21: Bill Plympton (documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Actors Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
– ActorsE Chat: Bill Pympton/Brett Walkow (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The People vs. George Lucas (documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2007 ART or Something Like It! (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Gypsy Singing Bouffon or Stroboscopic Horrors (2007) … Himself
– Squeeze Rockin' Freak Painting or Pumpkin Pies Plymptoon (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Austin Movie Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.9 (2006) … Himself - Guest
 

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Bill Plympton's Dog Days: A Collection Of Short Films 2004-2008 -- Clip: Two Idiots and Angels -- Angel is a selfish, abusive, morally bankrupt man who hangs out as his local bar, berating the other patrons. One day, Angel mysteriously wakes up with a pair of wings on his back. The wings make him do good deeds, contrary to his nature. He desperately tries to rid himself of the good wings, but eventually finds himself fighting those who view the wings as their ticket to fame and fortune. Bill Plympton's Dog Days: A Collection Of Short Films 2004-2008 -- Clip: One
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Freelance caricaturist. Has also published cartoons in numerous men's magazines See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | See more »

Official Sites:

Bill Plympton Studio | Plymptoons | See more »

Alternate Names:

W.P. Murton | Bill Plimpton

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Trivia:

Turned down a 7-figure offer from The Walt Disney Company to animate Aladdin because any ideas he developed while under contract with them would become their intellectual property. See more »

Trademark:

Many of the male characters in his cartoons are self-portraits See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus