Don Hertzfeldt

Known for directing · Born 1 August 1976 · 50 · Fremont, California, USA

39 credits

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."

Known for

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2012

World of Tomorrow

2015

Rejected

2000

Everything Will Be OK

2006

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2011

Billy's Balloon

1998

I Am So Proud of You

2008

The Meaning of Life

2005

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

2017

Lily and Jim

1997

Wisdom Teeth

2010

Ah, l'Amour

1995

Acting (13)

2021On MemoryHimself (voice)Film

2017IntroSelf (voice)Film

2012It's Such a Beautiful DayNarrator (voice)Film

2011It's Such a Beautiful DayNarrator (voice)Film

2011Slacker 2011TV BackpackerFilm

2010Wisdom TeethStanilus (voice)Film

2008I Am So Proud of YouNarrator (voice)Film

2006Everything Will Be OKNarrator (voice)Film

2005The Meaning of Life(voice)Film

2004Hair HighDill (voice)Film

2003The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the ShowFluffy Thing #2 (voice)Film

2000RejectedSpoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice)Film

1989The SimpsonsFuture Bart / Future Lisa / Future Marge (voice)Series

Art (1)

2016The Devil's CandyArt DesignerFilm

Camera (1)

2020World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David PrimeDirector of Photography, Editor, Writer, Animation, Sound, ProducerFilm

Directing (9)

2026Paper TrailDirector, Editor, Sound Designer, Producer, Animation, WriterFilm

2017World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's ThoughtsDirector, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound, ProducerFilm

2015World of TomorrowDirector, Writer, Editor, Producer, Digital Effects Producer, Musician, Animation, Sound Mixer, Sound Editor, Director of PhotographyFilm

2010Wisdom TeethDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, ProducerFilm

2008I Am So Proud of YouDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, ProducerFilm

2006Everything Will Be OKDirector, Writer, Producer, Animation, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Sound RecordistFilm

2003The Animation Show, Volume 1DirectorFilm

2000RejectedDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, ProducerFilm

1996GenreDirector, Writer, Animation, ProducerFilm

Production (4)

2025Animation MixtapeProducer, DirectorFilm

2021On MemoryProducer, Animation, Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, SoundFilm

2007The Animation Show, Volume 3ProducerFilm

2005The Animation Show, Volume 2ProducerFilm

Sound (1)

2012It's Such a Beautiful DaySound Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of PhotographyFilm

Visual Effects (2)

1997Lily and JimAnimation, Director, Producer, Writer, Color DesignerFilm

1989The SimpsonsAnimationSeries

Writing (8)

2024MEWriter, Animation, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, SoundFilm

2017IntroWriter, Director, ProducerFilm

2011It's Such a Beautiful DayWriter, Director, Producer, Director of PhotographyFilm

2005The Meaning of LifeWriter, Director, Animation, Producer, Director of PhotographyFilm

2003The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the ShowWriter, Director, Animation, ProducerFilm

1998Billy's BalloonWriter, Director, Animation, ProducerFilm

1995Ah, l'AmourWriter, Director, Director of Photography, EditorFilm

—AntarcticaWriter, DirectorFilm