Bill Plympton Movies

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...

The perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.

A narrator tells us the story of a ceiling fan, ensconced in the spare room of a house occupied by an old woman. The fan is lonely, and its life...

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

This guy gets a surprise out of his new hair transplant.

In eight minutes, animator Bill Plympton gives us 24 vignettes: seven are clearly about sex, 10 about violence, and seven others deal with human...

An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.

While giving an art lesson, the Magic Line is distracted by thoughts of his true love and former model, Vera, with whom he'd had a wild and...

The plucky hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he so richly deserves. However, the results never turn out the way he...

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...

A documentary about nuclear fallout in the United States, specifically members of the Shoshone Nation whose sacred land continues to be cordoned off...

When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she...

A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential. Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Vinton...

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...

Crude animation by Bill Plympton. How the expressionist painter met his demise.

A children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love. Preserved by the Academy Film...

A woman's shoes say a lot about her.

Early live action horror short from Bill Plympton.

Twelve skits in six minutes: the first one and the final three are about sex, in between are sketches of blood, death, murder, truck crashes, a tough...

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...