Bill Plympton Movies

A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings a ballad to his love, “Your Face Is Like a Song,” to simple piano...

Interviews with Bill Plympton and others in the field of animation follow his development as an independent animator.

A man preoccupied with reading his Wall Street Journal goes into an antique store looking for a one-year-anniversary present for his wife. The old...

Clever and mildly entertaining short from Plympton shows us the point of view of a tree throughout its life. The film gives us various vignettes...

The best wacky, surreal pieces made for the Fox TV show "The Edge."

A man plucks a hair from his nostril. The hair wants back in.

It's the little things that really hurt.

Crude animation by Bill Plympton. A woman gives birth.

This acclaimed animation short depicts the miraculous escape of Jewish girl Ingrid Pitt at age 8 from a concentration camp, in a cross-generational...

An animated look at the 11 essential steps to make the pilgrim's progess from finding a woman to making love to her. Along the way, our prototypical...

Plympton's animated self-portrait.

Crude animation by Bill Plympton. A boy tries to lick the frosting.

A haunting tango song inspires a dancing couple to try steps and moves that Fred and Ginger never imagined.

An early short about particular transactions on a park bench.

Virtuoso animated satire on the Olympic Games as a media spectacle. In the form of a news broadcast, the strangest sports, rituals and participants...

Three athletes race to win the heart of a woman.

An epic music film comprised of 6 songs by blues rock musician Jackie Greene, animated by Bill Plympton. The music film follows Mr. Greene on tour in...