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Don Hertzfeldt

Don Hertzfeldt

Known For Directing
Birthday Aug 01, 1976 (49)
Birthplace Fremont, California, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Mar 28, 2026
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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."

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Filmography

It's Such a Beautiful Day

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2012

as Narrator (voice)

It's Such a Beautiful Day

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Slacker 2011

Slacker 2011

2011

as TV Backpacker

Wisdom Teeth

Wisdom Teeth

2010

as Stanilus (voice)

I Am So Proud of You

I Am So Proud of You

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Everything Will Be OK

Everything Will Be OK

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Hair High

Hair High

2004

as Dill (voice)

Rejected

Rejected

2000

as Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice)

ME

ME

2024

Sound, Animation, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

On Memory

On Memory

2021

Sound, Animation, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

2020

Sound, Animation, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

Intro

Intro

2017

Writer

World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

2017

Sound, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

The Devil's Candy

The Devil's Candy

2016

Art Designer

World of Tomorrow

World of Tomorrow

2015

Digital Effects Producer, Musician, Animation, Sound Editor, Writer, Sound Mixer, Director of Photography, Editor

It's Such a Beautiful Day

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2012

Director of Photography, Writer, Sound Editor

It's Such a Beautiful Day

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2011

Director of Photography, Writer

Wisdom Teeth

Wisdom Teeth

2010

Director of Photography, Writer

I Am So Proud of You

I Am So Proud of You

2008

Director of Photography, Writer

Everything Will Be OK

Everything Will Be OK

2006

Original Music Composer, Sound Recordist, Animation, Writer, Director of Photography

The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

2005

Director of Photography, Writer, Animation

Rejected

Rejected

2000

Director of Photography, Writer

Billy's Balloon

Billy's Balloon

1998

Writer, Animation

Lily and Jim

Lily and Jim

1997

Writer, Animation

Genre

Genre

1996

Writer, Animation

Ah, l'Amour

Ah, l'Amour

1995

Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Simpsons

as Future Bart / Future Lisa / Future Marge (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

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