Don Hertzfeldt
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 1, 1976
- Birthplace
- Fremont, California, USA
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."
Filmography
Antarctica TBA
Writer, Director
Paper Trail 2026
Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Producer, Animation, Writer
Animation Mixtape 2025
Producer, Director
ME 2024
Writer, Animation, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound
On Memory 2021
as Himself (voice), Producer, Animation, Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Sound
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime 2020
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer, Animation, Sound, Producer
Intro 2017
as Self (voice), Writer, Director, Producer
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts 2017
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound, Producer
The Devil's Candy 2016
Art Designer
World of Tomorrow 2015
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Digital Effects Producer, Musician, Animation, Sound Mixer, Sound Editor, Director of Photography
It's Such a Beautiful Day 2012
as Narrator (voice), Sound Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
It's Such a Beautiful Day 2011
as Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Slacker 2011 2011
as TV Backpacker
Wisdom Teeth 2010
as Stanilus (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
I Am So Proud of You 2008
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
- The Animation Show, Volume 3
The Animation Show, Volume 3 2007
Producer
Everything Will Be OK 2006
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Animation, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist
- The Animation Show, Volume 2
The Animation Show, Volume 2 2005
Producer
The Meaning of Life 2005
as (voice), Writer, Director, Animation, Producer, Director of Photography
Hair High 2004
as Dill (voice)
The Animation Show, Volume 1 2003
Director
The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show 2003
as Fluffy Thing #2 (voice), Writer, Director, Animation, Producer
Rejected 2000
as Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Billy's Balloon 1998
Writer, Director, Animation, Producer
Lily and Jim 1997
Animation, Director, Producer, Writer, Color Designer
Genre 1996
Director, Writer, Animation, Producer
Ah, l'Amour 1995
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Credits from TMDB.