Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (576x720, 148 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (576x720, 148 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... This page has been deleted, and protected to prevent re-creation. ...

Biography

Bill Plympton was born in Portland, Oregon to Don and Wilda Plympton. From 1964 to 1967, he attended Portland State University, where he was a member of the film society and worked on the yearbook. In 1968, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, New York. Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ... Portland State University Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon. ... A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually as a report or summary of statistics or facts. ... The School of Visual Arts Main Building, circa 1992. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... NY redirects here. ...

Plympton's illustrations and cartoons have been published in The New York Times and weekly arts newspaper The Village Voice, as well as in the magazines Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Penthouse, and National Lampoon. His political cartoon strip "Plympton", which began in 1975, eventually was syndicated and appeared in over 20 newspapers. His distinctive style is easily recognized. The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The Village Voice is a weekly newspaper in New York City featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... For other meanings, see vogue. ... This article is about the magazine. ... American actress Demi Moore, on a typical Vanity Fair cover (August, 1991) Vanity Fair is a glossy American glamour magazine monthly that offers a mixture of articles based on sensational exaggerations, jet-set and entertainment-business personalities, politics, and lies. ... Jesse Capelli on Penthouse magazine cover Penthouse is a mens magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combining urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials, that eventually, in the 1990s evolved into hard-core. ... January 1973 cover of National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... This early political cartoon by Ben Franklin was originally written for the French and Indian War, but was later recycled during the Revolutionary War An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message. ... Print Syndication is a form of syndication in which news articles, columns, or comic strips are made available to newspapers and magazines. ...

Plympton is considered the first animator to draw every frame for an animated feature film entirely by himself. Signe Baumane, also a director and animator, has been inking and painting Plympton's cells for many years. As of 2006, Plympton has created 26 animated short films and five animated features. He has also published a comic book, The Sleazy Cartoons of Bill Plympton. Plympton usually publishes a comic book of his feature before he releases the feature to raise money for the film. Plympton has teamed up with other independent New York City animators from and has released two DVDs of animated shorts. Avoid Eye Contact Volumes 1 & 2. His work also appeared on the 1992-1993 FOX Network comedy series The Edge. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Animation refers to the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... For the animal, see Fox. ... For other persons named David Evans, see David Evans (disambiguation). ...

From 2001 to 2003, he teamed with Don Hertzfeldt for the touring "The Don and Bill Show" which was played throughout the country, giving new exposure to both cartoonists. A screenshot from Don Hertzfeldts Rejected Don Hertzfeldt (born August 1, 1976) is the creator of many short animated films. ...

In 2005, Plympton's Guard Dog, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Also that year, Plympton animated a music video for Kanye West's "Heard 'Em Say". In 2006, Plympton created the music video for "Weird Al" Yankovic "Don't Download This Song". Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Kanye Omari West (pronounced /kɑn. ... Heard Em Say is a song written and produced by American hip hop musician Kanye West for his second album, Late Registration. ... Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Dont Download This Song is the first single from Weird Al Yankovics 12th studio album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released on September 26, 2006. ...

The actress Martha Plimpton, "a distant relative of mine"^[1] served as associate producer on Plympton's animated feature Hair High (2004), doing much of the casting. The movie's voice cast included her father, Keith Carradine, and her uncle David Carradine. Plimpton at the New York premiere of Miramaxs Kill Bill: Volume 1 Martha Plimpton (born Martha Carradine on November 16, 1970, in New York City) is former model turned actress who was born to famous actor parents Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton. ... Hair High is a 2004 animated film by American filmmaker Bill Plympton. ... Keith Carradine Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949, in San Mateo, California) is an Academy Award-winning actor born into a family of actors. ... David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine on December 8, 1936 in Hollywood, California) is an American actor. ...

Plympton said in early 2007 he was working on an 80-minute feature, Idiots and Angels, that will have no dialogue.^[2]

Filmography

Animated features

Bill Plympton and a guest at the 34th Annual 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 (scheduled for 2007)[1]

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Live-action features

• Walt Curtis, the Peckerneck Poet (1997)
• J. Lyle (1993)
• Guns on the Clackamas (1995)

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)
• 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 Tales of Christmas (2001)
• Guard Dog (2004)
• The Fan & The Flower (2005)
• Guide Dog (sequel to Guard Dog, 2006)

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 (2006)

Music videos

• Peter Himmelman – "245 Days" (1990)
• Kanye West – "Heard 'Em Say" (2005)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic – "Don't Download This Song" (2006)

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Commercials

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• MTV public service announcement "Acid Rain" (1989)
• Trivial Pursuit (1990-91)
• Sugar Delight (1990)
• Nik Naks (UK) 1995

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Trivia

After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1968 he began his career selling ties on the street. Plympton later joked, "I couldn't sell one tie. It was ten degrees Fahrenheit in the dead of winter".^{[citation needed]} The School of Visual Arts Main Building, circa 1992. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Plympton made three attempts to break into animation before succeeding. "The Great Turn On" (1968) was a failed yearbook promo. "Lucas Ear of Corn" was a crude paper-cutout film that was unfinished. In 1985, he completed his first animated short, "Boom Town".

In 1991, during pre-production of the animated feature Aladdin, Disney asked Plympton to become lead animator of the film and sign a seven-year contract with the company.^{[citation needed]} Plympton rejected the offer because, if he came up with any animated characters, Disney would have creative control and ownership. However, production on Plympton's own feature The Tune was almost cancelled while Plympton considered Disney's offer.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the Disney film. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Del, a hard-working song writer, is trying to write the perfect song for his slimeball boss, Mr. ...

Footnotes

References

• Official website
• The Sound of Young America public radio program / podcast: Plympton interview