Directing

Don Hertzfeldt

Born Aug 1, 1976 · 49 years29 titles 28 movies · 1 TV

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Biography

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."

Also known as

돈 헤르츠펠트

Born

Aug 1, 1976

Fremont, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

12

Acting credits

23

Directing

21

Writing

25

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

1989 1 title(s)

The Simpsons
tv · as Future Bart / Future Lisa / Future Marge (voice), Animation · ★ 8.0

1995 1 title(s)

Ah, l'Amour
movie · Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor · ★ 6.1

1996 1 title(s)

Genre
movie · Director, Writer, Animation, Producer · ★ 6.9

1997 1 title(s)

Lily and Jim
movie · Animation, Director, Producer, Writer · ★ 6.6

1998 1 title(s)

Billy's Balloon
movie · Writer, Director, Animation, Producer · ★ 6.5

2000 1 title(s)

Rejected
movie · as Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer · ★ 7.2

2003 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

Hair High
movie · as Dill (voice) · ★ 6.4

2005 2 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

Everything Will Be OK
movie · as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Animation, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist · ★ 7.6

2007 1 title(s)

The Animation Show, Volume 3
movie · Producer

2008 1 title(s)

I Am So Proud of You
movie · as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer · ★ 7.5

2010 1 title(s)

Wisdom Teeth
movie · as Stanilus (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer · ★ 6.8

2011 2 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

It's Such a Beautiful Day
movie · as Narrator (voice), Sound Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography · ★ 7.9

2015 1 title(s)

World of Tomorrow
movie · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Digital Effects Producer, Musician, Animation, Sound Mixer, Sound Editor, Director of Photography · ★ 7.8

2016 1 title(s)

The Devil's Candy
movie · Art Designer · ★ 6.3

2017 2 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
movie · Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer, Animation, Sound, Producer · ★ 8.3

2021 1 title(s)

On Memory
movie · as Himself (voice), Producer, Animation, Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Sound · ★ 7.8

2023 1 title(s)

World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes
movie · Editor, Director, Sound, Producer, Writer, Animation, Director of Photography · ★ 10.0

2024 1 title(s)

ME
movie · Writer, Animation, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound · ★ 7.8

2025 1 title(s)

Animation Mixtape
movie · Producer, Director

2026 1 title(s)

Paper Trail
movie · Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Producer, Animation, Writer · ★ 8.0

Undated 1 title(s)

Antarctica
movie · Writer, Director