Don Hertzfeldt

Don Hertzfeldt

Born 1 August 1976 in 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."

Director

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2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day Director
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2015
World of Tomorrow Director
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2000
Rejected Director
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2011
It's Such a Beautiful Day Director

Producer

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2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day Producer
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2015
World of Tomorrow Producer
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2000
Rejected Producer
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2011
It's Such a Beautiful Day Producer

Writer

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2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day Writer
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2015
World of Tomorrow Writer
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2000
Rejected Writer
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2011
It's Such a Beautiful Day Writer

Cinematographer

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2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day Director of Photography
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2015
World of Tomorrow Director of Photography
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2000
Rejected Director of Photography
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2011
It's Such a Beautiful Day Director of Photography

Actor

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2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day Narrator (voice)
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2000
Rejected Spoon Guy / Banana / Queen of France (voice)
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2011
It's Such a Beautiful Day Narrator (voice)
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2006
Everything Will Be OK Narrator (voice)

Visual Effects

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2015
World of Tomorrow Digital Effects Producer, Animation
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2006
Everything Will Be OK Animation
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1998
Billy's Balloon Animation
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2005
The Meaning of Life Animation

Sound

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2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day Sound Editor
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2015
World of Tomorrow Sound Editor, Sound Mixer, Musician
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2006
Everything Will Be OK Original Music Composer, Sound Recordist
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2017
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts Sound

Editor

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2015
World of Tomorrow Editor
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2017
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts Editor
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1995
Ah, l'Amour Editor
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2020
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime Editor

Art

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2016
The Devil's Candy Art Designer