Bill Plympton
Directing Born Apr 30, 1946 Portland, Oregon, USA 258 credits
Biography
Bill Plympton was born on April 30, 1946, in Portland, Oregon, United States. He is an American animator, director, graphic designer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face, as well as his series of shorts including Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog, and Horn Dog. His illustrations and cartoons have been published in various publications such as The New York Times, The Village Voice, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Penthouse, and National Lampoon. His political cartoon strip, titled Plympton, began in 1975 in the SoHo Weekly News and was eventually syndicated to appear in over twenty newspapers.
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Career overview
Bill Plympton is an American animator, director, graphic designer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer born on April 30, 1946, in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face, as well as his series of shorts that include Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog, and Horn Dog.
His illustrations and cartoons have been published in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Village Voice, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Penthouse, and National Lampoon. In 1975, he began a political cartoon strip titled Plympton in the SoHo Weekly News, which was eventually syndicated and appeared in over twenty newspapers.
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Career timeline
Whale 52 · DirectorWhale 52 · CinematographySlide · DirectorSlide · AnimationSlide · Screenplay
Downwind · Title Illustration
ClaydreamLipstick of the Brave · Director
Demi’s Panic · Director
The One-Minute Memoir · WriterThe One-Minute Memoir · Director
Animation OutlawsSex & Violence 3 · DirectorSex & Violence 3 · Writer
Trump Bites · DirectorNo Snow for Christmas · WriterNo Snow for Christmas · DirectorThe Modern Lives · Director
Cop Dog · DirectorGood Advice · DirectorGood Advice · Screenplay
Revengeance · DirectorRevengeance · WriterRevengeance · ProducerHitler's FollyHitler's Folly · Director
The Brainwashing of My Dad · Animation DirectorThe Loneliest Stoplight · WriterThe Loneliest Stoplight · DirectorBill Plympton's Revengeance Kickstarter Project · WriterThe Gastronomic Shark · Director
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet · DirectorABCs of Death 2 · DirectorABCs of Death 2 · ProducerCheatin' · DirectorCheatin' · Writer
The OrnamentsThe Ornaments · WriterThe Ornaments · DirectorThe Ornaments · AnimationDrunker Than a Skunk · Director
Summer Bummer · DirectorSummer Bummer · WriterTiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway · DirectorTiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway · WriterBill Plympton's Cheatin' Kickstarter Project · Writer
Adventures in Plymptoons!The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation · DirectorIngrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest · Character DesignerThe Winsor McCay Resurrection Project · WriterGuard Dog Global Jam · Producer
The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger · WriterThe Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger · Director
Mexican Standoff · DirectorMexican Standoff · WriterMexican Standoff · AnimationHorn Dog · DirectorHorn Dog · Animation
Random! Cartoons · DirectorRandom! Cartoons · WriterRandom! Cartoons · CreatorIdiots and Angels · DirectorIdiots and Angels · Writer
Shuteye Hotel · WriterShuteye Hotel · DirectorGary Guitar · DirectorGary Guitar · Writer
Fuck · AnimationGuide Dog · DirectorGuide Dog · WriterDon't Download This Song · DirectorDon't Download This Song · Animation
Spiral · ProducerSpiral · AnimationSpiral · DirectorSpiral · WriterThe Fan and the Flower · Director
Hair High · DirectorHair High · ScreenplayHair High · ProducerHair High · AnimationGuard Dog · Writer
Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal · DirectorSpike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal · AnimationSpike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal · WriterFor Reel? · Writer
ChalkZone · AnimationMutant AliensMutant Aliens · DirectorMutant Aliens · ProducerMutant Aliens · Screenplay
Eat · WriterEat · Director12 Tiny Christmas Tales12 Tiny Christmas Tales · Director12 Tiny Christmas Tales · Writer
GodassPubic Hair Transplants · DirectorRudolfo the Gay Lion Tamer · DirectorCan't Drag Race with Jesus · DirectorCan't Drag Race with Jesus · Writer
More Sex & Violence · WriterMore Sex & Violence · DirectorMore Sex & Violence · ProducerMore Sex & Violence · AnimationSurprise Cinema · Director
Cartoon Sushi · DirectorI Married a Strange Person! · CreatorI Married a Strange Person! · DirectorI Married a Strange Person! · AnimationI Married a Strange Person! · Writer
Sex & Violence · DirectorSex & Violence · ProducerSex & Violence · WriterMondo PlymptonMondo Plympton · Director
Plympmania · WriterPlympmania · DirectorPlympmania · ProducerPlympmania · AnimationHow to Make Love to a Woman · Writer
Guns on the ClackamasGuns on the Clackamas · DirectorGuns on the Clackamas · WriterGuns on the Clackamas · Producer
Full Filmography
258 titles- Whale 52 (2025) Director
- Whale 52 (2025) Cinematography
- Slide (2025) Director
- Slide (2025) Animation
- Slide (2025) Screenplay
- Duckville (2025) Director
- Downwind (2023) Title Illustration
- Claydream (2022) as Self
- Lipstick of the Brave (2022) Director
- Demi’s Panic (2021) Director
- The One-Minute Memoir (2020) Writer
- The One-Minute Memoir (2020) Director
- Animation Outlaws (2019) as Self
- Sex & Violence 3 (2019) Director
- Sex & Violence 3 (2019) Writer
- Trump Bites (2018) Director
- No Snow for Christmas (2018) Writer
- No Snow for Christmas (2018) Director
- The Modern Lives (2018) Director
- Cop Dog (2017) Director
- Good Advice (2017) Director
- Good Advice (2017) Screenplay
- Revengeance (2016) Director
- Revengeance (2016) Writer
- Revengeance (2016) Producer
- Hitler's Folly (2016) as Nazi Soldier
- Hitler's Folly (2016) Director
- Hitler's Folly (2016) Writer
- Hitler's Folly (2016) Producer
- The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015) Animation Director
- The Loneliest Stoplight (2015) Writer
- The Loneliest Stoplight (2015) Director
- Bill Plympton's Revengeance Kickstarter Project (2015) Writer
- The Gastronomic Shark (2015) Director
- The Gastronomic Shark (2015) Writer
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) Director
- ABCs of Death 2 (2014) Director
- ABCs of Death 2 (2014) Producer
- Cheatin' (2014) Director
- Cheatin' (2014) Writer
- Footprints (2014) Director
- Footprints (2014) Writer
- The Ornaments (2013) as Ornament #1
- The Ornaments (2013) Writer
- The Ornaments (2013) Director
- The Ornaments (2013) Animation
- Drunker Than a Skunk (2013) Director
- Summer Bummer (2012) Director
- Summer Bummer (2012) Writer
- Tiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway (2012) Director
- Tiffany the Whale: Death on the Runway (2012) Writer
- Bill Plympton's Cheatin' Kickstarter Project (2012) Writer
- Waiting for Her Sailor (2012) Director
- Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011) as Self
- The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation (2011) Director
- Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest (2011) Character Designer
- The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project (2011) Writer
- Guard Dog Global Jam (2011) Producer
- Guard Dog Global Jam (2011) Writer
- Guard Dog Global Jam (2011) Director
- The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger (2010) Writer
- The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger (2010) Director
- Mexican Standoff (2009) Director
- Mexican Standoff (2009) Writer
- Mexican Standoff (2009) Animation
- Horn Dog (2009) Director
- Horn Dog (2009) Animation
- Random! Cartoons (2008) Director
- Random! Cartoons (2008) Writer
- Random! Cartoons (2008) Creator
- Idiots and Angels (2008) Director
- Idiots and Angels (2008) Writer
- Idiots and Angels (2008) Producer
- Hot Dog (2008) Director
- Hot Dog (2008) Writer
- Santa: The Fascist Years (2008) Director
- Santa: The Fascist Years (2008) Writer
- Tokyo OnlyPic 2008 (2008) Director
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008) as Self
- The Luv Race (2008) Screenstory
- The Luv Race (2008) Writer
- The Luv Race (2008) Director
- Shuteye Hotel (2007) Writer
- Shuteye Hotel (2007) Director
- Gary Guitar (2007) Director
- Gary Guitar (2007) Writer
- Fuck (2006) Animation
- Guide Dog (2006) Director
- Guide Dog (2006) Writer
- Don't Download This Song (2006) Director
- Don't Download This Song (2006) Animation
- Spiral (2005) Producer
- Spiral (2005) Animation
- Spiral (2005) Director
- Spiral (2005) Writer
- The Fan and the Flower (2005) Director
- She She She She's a Bombshell (2005) Thanks
- Hair High (2004) Director
- Hair High (2004) Screenplay
- Hair High (2004) Producer
- Hair High (2004) Animation
- Guard Dog (2004) Writer
- Guard Dog (2004) Director
- Guard Dog (2004) Producer
- Guard Dog (2004) Animation
- Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal (2003) Director
- Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal (2003) Animation
- Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal (2003) Writer
- For Reel? (2003) Writer
- ChalkZone (2002) Animation
- Mutant Aliens (2002) as Guard (voice)
- Mutant Aliens (2002) Director
- Mutant Aliens (2002) Producer
- Mutant Aliens (2002) Screenplay
- Parking (2002) Director
- Parking (2002) Writer
- An Early Movie (2002) Director
- House of Weirdness (2002) Director
- Eat (2001) Writer
- Eat (2001) Director
- 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (2001)
- 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (2001) Director
- 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (2001) Writer
- Godass (2000) as Self
- Pubic Hair Transplants (2000) Director
- Rudolfo the Gay Lion Tamer (2000) Director
- Can't Drag Race with Jesus (2000) Director
- Can't Drag Race with Jesus (2000) Writer
- How to Tell a Woman's Sexual Preference (2000) Director
- The Ultimate Blowjob (2000) Director
- How to Grab a Woman's Breast (2000) Director
- The Death of Jackson Pollock (2000) Director
- Happiness Is... Licking the Frosting (2000) Director
- New Advances in Medicine (2000) Director
- More Sex & Violence (1999) Writer
- More Sex & Violence (1999) Director
- More Sex & Violence (1999) Producer
- More Sex & Violence (1999) Animation
- Surprise Cinema (1999) Director
- Surprise Cinema (1999) Writer
- Life (1999) Director
- The Exciting Life of a Tree (1999) Director
- Cartoon Sushi (1998) Director
- I Married a Strange Person! (1998) Creator
- I Married a Strange Person! (1998) Director
- I Married a Strange Person! (1998) Animation
- I Married a Strange Person! (1998) Writer
- General Chaos: Uncensored Animation (1998) Director
- Helter Shelter (1998) Director
- Helter Shelter (1998) Writer
- Sex & Violence (1997) Director
- Sex & Violence (1997) Producer
- Sex & Violence (1997) Writer
- Mondo Plympton (1997)
- Mondo Plympton (1997) Director
- Mondo Plympton (1997) Writer
- Twisted Toons (1997) as Self
- Twisted Toons (1997) Director
- Boney D (1997) Writer
- Boney D (1997) Director
- Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation Sick & Twisted Volume 4 (1997) Director
- Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (1997) Director
- The Animal Lover (1997) Director
- Plympmania (1996) Writer
- Plympmania (1996) Director
- Plympmania (1996) Producer
- Plympmania (1996) Animation
- How to Make Love to a Woman (1996) Writer
- How to Make Love to a Woman (1996) Producer
- How to Make Love to a Woman (1996) Animation
- How to Make Love to a Woman (1996) Director
- Smell the Flowers (1996) Writer
- Smell the Flowers (1996) Director
- Guns on the Clackamas (1995)
- Guns on the Clackamas (1995) Director
- Guns on the Clackamas (1995) Writer
- Guns on the Clackamas (1995) Producer
- The World's Greatest Animation (1994) Director
- J. Lyle (1994) Producer
- J. Lyle (1994) Director
- J. Lyle (1994) Writer
- Nosehair (1994) Director
- Nosehair (1994) Writer
- Faded Roads (1994) Director
- Faded Roads (1994) Writer
- Faded Roads (1994) Producer
- Draw (1993) Writer
- Draw (1993) Director
- Dancing All Day (1992) Director
- Dancing All Day (1992) Writer
- The Tune (1992) Creator
- The Tune (1992) Director
- The Tune (1992) Story
- Flooby Nooby (1992) Director
- Lovesick Hotel (1992) Director
- Toon-O-Rama (1992) Writer
- Toon-O-Rama (1992) Director
- Animania (1991) Director
- The Wiseman (1991) Director
- The Wiseman (1991) Writer
- No Nose Blues (1991) Director
- No Nose Blues (1991) Animation
- Isn't It Good Again (1991) Animation
- Isn't It Good Again (1991) Director
- Push Comes to Shove (1991) Director
- Push Comes to Shove (1991) Writer
- Push Comes to Shove (1991) Animation
- Tango Schmango (1990) Writer
- Tango Schmango (1990) Director
- Tango Schmango (1990) Producer
- Plymptoons (1990) Director
- Plymptoons (1990) Animation
- Plymptoons (1990) Writer
- Dig My Do (1990) Animation
- Dig My Do (1990) Director
- Dig My Do (1990) Writer
- The Simpsons (1989) Animation
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) as Lucas (voice)
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) as (voice)
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) as Young Man
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) as Narrator (voice)
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Art Direction
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Producer
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Writer
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Director
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Art Designer
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Animation
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Animation Director
- Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1989) Creator
- Animated Self-Portraits (1989) Writer
- Animated Self-Portraits (1989) Director
- Acid Rain (1989) Director
- Noodle Ear (1989) Director
- Self-Portrait (1989) Director
- 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989) as Narrateur / Homme (voix) (Non crédité)
- 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989) Director
- 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989) Producer
- 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989) Writer
- One of Those Days (1988) Director
- One of Those Days (1988) Animation
- One of Those Days (1988) Writer
- How to Kiss (1988) Director
- How to Kiss (1988) Writer
- Your Face (1987) Writer
- Your Face (1987) Director
- Your Face (1987) Producer
- Love in the Fast Lane (1987) Producer
- Love in the Fast Lane (1987) Director
- Love in the Fast Lane (1987) Writer
- Boomtown (1985) Director
- Drawing Lesson #2 (1985) Director
- Drawing Lesson #2 (1985) Producer
- Drawing Lesson #2 (1985) Writer
- Al TV (1984) Director
- Lucas, the Ear of Corn (1977) as Lucas
- Lucas, the Ear of Corn (1977) Director
- Lucas, the Ear of Corn (1977) Writer
- The Great Turn On (1968) Director
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Bill Plympton best known for?
Bill Plympton is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Random! Cartoons (2008), Random! Cartoons (2008), Random! Cartoons (2008), My Little One (2018).
When and where was Bill Plympton born?
Bill Plympton was born on April 30, 1946 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
How many credits does Bill Plympton have?
Bill Plympton has accumulated over 258 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1968 to 2025.
What is Bill Plympton's background in cinema and television?
Bill Plympton was born on April 30, 1946, in Portland, Oregon, United States. He is an American animator, director, graphic designer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face, as well as his series of shorts including Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Ho...
Bill Plympton by the numbers
258credits
237films
21TV series
1968–2025active years
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