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Regular directing credits.
Director
Don Hertzfeldt
Directing
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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 25
TMDB ID: 109314
IMDb ID: nm0381116
Known for: Directing
Born: August 1, 1976
Age: 49
Place of birth: Fremont, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1989 - 2026
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 7.19
Wikidata: Q594400
Also known as
돈 헤르츠펠트
Frequent jobs
Director (9)Director of Photography (1)Writer (8)Animation (2)Producer (2)Art Designer (1)Editor (1)Sound Editor (1)
Biography
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."
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Don Hertzfeldt.
Director
Paper Trail
2026 • Movie
Director of Photography
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020 • Movie
Director
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2017 • Movie
Director
World of Tomorrow
2015 • Movie
Director
Wisdom Teeth
2010 • Movie
Director
I Am So Proud of You
2008 • Movie
Director
Everything Will Be OK
2006 • Movie
Director
The Animation Show, Volume 1
2003 • Movie
Director
Rejected
2000 • Movie
Director
Genre
1996 • Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Don Hertzfeldt.
Sound Editor
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 • Movie
Writer
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2011 • Movie
Director
World of Tomorrow
2015 • Movie
Director
Everything Will Be OK
2006 • Movie
Director
I Am So Proud of You
2008 • Movie
Director
Rejected
2000 • Movie
Writer
Billy's Balloon
1998 • Movie
Art Designer
The Devil's Candy
2016 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Don Hertzfeldt.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Don Hertzfeldt.
Director
Paper Trail
2026 • Movie
Art Designer
The Devil's Candy
2016 • Movie
Sound Editor
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 • Movie
Director
World of Tomorrow
2015 • Movie
as Dill (voice)
Hair High
2004 • Movie
Producer
Animation Mixtape
2025 • Movie
Writer
Billy's Balloon
1998 • Movie
as TV Backpacker
Slacker 2011
2011 • Movie
Director of Photography
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
2020 • Movie
Writer
Intro
2017 • Movie
Writer
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2011 • Movie
Writer
ME
2024 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Don Hertzfeldt.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Don Hertzfeldt.
Producer
Animation Mixtape
2025 • Movie
Writer
ME
2024 • Movie
Editor
World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes
2023 • Movie
Producer
On Memory
2021 • Movie
Writer
Intro
2017 • Movie
Art Designer
The Devil's Candy
2016 • Movie
Sound Editor
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 • Movie
Writer
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2011 • Movie
Writer
The Meaning of Life
2005 • Movie
Writer
The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
2003 • Movie
Writer
Billy's Balloon
1998 • Movie
Animation
Lily and Jim
1997 • Movie
Writer
Ah, l'Amour
1995 • Movie
Writer
Antarctica
Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Don Hertzfeldt.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Don Hertzfeldt.
as Himself (voice)
On Memory
2021 • Movie
as Self (voice)
Intro
2017 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2011 • Movie
as TV Backpacker
Slacker 2011
2011 • Movie
as Stanilus (voice)
Wisdom Teeth
2010 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
I Am So Proud of You
2008 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Everything Will Be OK
2006 • Movie
as Dill (voice)
Hair High
2004 • Movie
as Fluffy Thing #2 (voice)
The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
2003 • Movie
as Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice)
Rejected
2000 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Don Hertzfeldt.