Legendary animator Bill Plympton shares much of his early career work, which had strong uncensored adult themes, much of which appeared in Penthouse and Hustler magazines at Gallery Sesso. Now living in New York, two-time Oscar nominated Plympton is best known for his unique and easily identifiable style, frequently seen in a broad spectrum of print and video media. Plympton has animated commercials for; United Airlines, Nike, Microsoft, Taco Bell, and other world-wide companies. Additionally Plympton has animated music videos for Kanye West, Weird Al Yankovic, and Parson Brown. Plympton's work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Vogue, Rolling Stones, Vanity Fair, National Lampoon, and many syndicated publications.
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AWARDS:
2008 MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) - Cartoonist of the Year, MoCCA Art Festival
2006 Special Career Award - Fantasporto Film Festival
2006 Winsor McCay Award; Annie Awards by ASIFA Hollywood
2005 2nd Oscar Academy Award Nomination for Short Animation "Guard Dog"
2005 Life Time Achievement (Time Machine Award) SITGES Film Festival
2001 Grand Prize for Short Films, Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week
1987 1st Oscar Nomination Academy Award for Short Animation "Your Face"
FILMOGRAPHY:
Animated Features
Plympton and guest at the 34th Annie Awards, in Glendale, California.The Tune (1992)
Mondo Plympton (1997 shorts compilation)
I Married a Strange Person! (1997)
Mutant Aliens (2001)
Hair High (2004)
Idiots and Angels (2008)
Live-Action Features
J. Lyle (1993)
Guns on the Clackamas (1995)
Walt Curtis, the Peckerneck Poet (1997)
Animated Shorts
The Great Turn On (1968)
Lucas the Ear of Corn (1977)
Boomtown (1985)
Drawing Lesson #2 (1985)
Love in the Fast Lane (1985)
Your Face (1987)
One of Those Days (1988)
How to Kiss (1989)
25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989)
Plymptoons (1990)
Tango Schmango (1990)
Dig My Do (1990)
The Wise Man (1990)
Draw (1990)
Push Comes to Shove (1991)
Nosehair (1994)
Faded roads (1994)
How to Make Love to a Woman (1995)
Smell the Flowers (1996)
Boney D (1996)
Plympmania (1996)
Sex & Violence (1997)
The Exciting Life of a Tree (1998)
More Sex & Violence (1998)
Surprise Cinema (1999)
Can't Drag Race with Jesus (2000)
Eat (2001)
Parking (2001)
Twelve Tiny Christmas Tales (2001)
Guard Dog (2004)
The Fan & The Flower (2005)
Guide Dog (2006) (sequel to Guard Dog)
Shuteye Hotel (2007)
Gary Guitar (2008)
Hot Dog (2008) (third in the Guard Dog series)
Santa: The Fascist Years (2008)
Horn Dog (2009) (fourth in the Guard Dog series)
Compilations (DVD)
Avoid Eye Contact Vol. 1
Avoid Eye Contact Vol. 2
Bill Plympton's Dirty Shorts
Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (1992)
Mondo Plympton (2007)
Bill Plympton's Dog Days (2009)
Music Videos
Peter Himmelman – "245 Days" (1990)
Kanye West – "Heard 'Em Say" (2005)
"Weird Al" Yankovic – "Don't Download This Song" (2006)
Parson Brown, "Mexican Standoff" (2008)
Commercials
The F-Word Documentary (2005)
United Airlines "Signature" (2005)
Geico Direct (6) (1999)
Microsoft Windows '95 (1995)
Taco Bell (1993)
Nik Naks (UK) (1993)
Soloflex (1992)
Trivial Pursuit (3) (1990-91)
Nutrasweet (1991)
MTV public service announcement "Acid Rain" (1989)
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