Known For
Directing
Known Credits
12
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 1, 1976 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
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."
| 2026 | Paper Trail...Director | |
| 2025 | Animation Mixtape...Director | |
| 2024 | ME...Director | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Director | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Director | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Director | |
| 2017 | Intro...Director | |
| 2017 | World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts...Director | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Director | |
| 2012 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Director | |
| 2011 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Director | |
| 2010 | Wisdom Teeth...Director | |
| 2008 | I Am So Proud of You...Director | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Director | |
| 2005 | The Meaning of Life...Director | |
| 2003 | The Animation Show, Volume 1...Director | |
| 2003 | The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show...Director | |
| 2000 | Rejected...Director | |
| 1998 | Billy's Balloon...Director | |
| 1997 | Lily and Jim...Director | |
| 1996 | Genre...Director | |
| 1995 | Ah, l'Amour...Director | |
| Antarctica...Director |
| 2026 | Paper Trail...Editor | |
| 2024 | ME...Editor | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Editor | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Editor | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Editor | |
| 2017 | World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts...Editor | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Editor | |
| 1995 | Ah, l'Amour...Editor |
| 2026 | Paper Trail...Sound Designer | |
| 2024 | ME...Sound | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Sound | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Sound | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Sound | |
| 2017 | World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts...Sound | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Sound Editor | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Sound Mixer | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Musician | |
| 2012 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Sound Editor | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Original Music Composer | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Sound Recordist |
| 2026 | Paper Trail...Producer | |
| 2025 | Animation Mixtape...Producer | |
| 2024 | ME...Producer | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Producer | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Producer | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Producer | |
| 2017 | Intro...Producer | |
| 2017 | World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts...Producer | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Producer | |
| 2012 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Producer | |
| 2011 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Producer | |
| 2010 | Wisdom Teeth...Producer | |
| 2008 | I Am So Proud of You...Producer | |
| 2007 | The Animation Show, Volume 3...Producer | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Producer | |
| 2005 | The Animation Show, Volume 2...Producer | |
| 2005 | The Meaning of Life...Producer | |
| 2003 | The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show...Producer | |
| 2000 | Rejected...Producer | |
| 1998 | Billy's Balloon...Producer | |
| 1997 | Lily and Jim...Producer | |
| 1996 | Genre...Producer |
| 2026 | Paper Trail...Animation | |
| 2024 | ME...Animation | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Animation | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Animation | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Animation | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Digital Effects Producer | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Animation | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Animation | |
| 2005 | The Meaning of Life...Animation | |
| 2003 | The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show...Animation | |
| 1998 | Billy's Balloon...Animation | |
| 1997 | Lily and Jim...Animation | |
| 1996 | Genre...Animation | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons...Animation |
| 2026 | Paper Trail...Writer | |
| 2024 | ME...Writer | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Writer | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Writer | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Writer | |
| 2017 | Intro...Writer | |
| 2017 | World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts...Writer | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Writer | |
| 2012 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Writer | |
| 2011 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Writer | |
| 2010 | Wisdom Teeth...Writer | |
| 2008 | I Am So Proud of You...Writer | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Writer | |
| 2005 | The Meaning of Life...Writer | |
| 2003 | The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show...Writer | |
| 2000 | Rejected...Writer | |
| 1998 | Billy's Balloon...Writer | |
| 1997 | Lily and Jim...Writer | |
| 1996 | Genre...Writer | |
| 1995 | Ah, l'Amour...Writer | |
| Antarctica...Writer |
| 2024 | ME...Director of Photography | |
| 2023 | World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes...Director of Photography | |
| 2021 | On Memory...Director of Photography | |
| 2020 | World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime...Director of Photography | |
| 2017 | World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts...Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow...Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Director of Photography | |
| 2011 | It's Such a Beautiful Day...Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | Wisdom Teeth...Director of Photography | |
| 2008 | I Am So Proud of You...Director of Photography | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OK...Director of Photography | |
| 2005 | The Meaning of Life...Director of Photography | |
| 2000 | Rejected...Director of Photography | |
| 1995 | Ah, l'Amour...Director of Photography |
| 2016 | The Devil's Candy...Art Designer |
| 2021 | On Memoryas Himself (voice) | |
| 2017 | Introas Self (voice) | |
| 2012 | It's Such a Beautiful Dayas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | It's Such a Beautiful Dayas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Slacker 2011as TV Backpacker | |
| 2010 | Wisdom Teethas Stanilus (voice) | |
| 2008 | I Am So Proud of Youas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Everything Will Be OKas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | Hair Highas Dill (voice) | |
| 2003 | The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Showas Fluffy Thing #2 (voice) | |
| 2000 | Rejectedas Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice) | |
| 1989 | The Simpsonsas Future Bart / Future Lisa / Future Marge (voice) |
