Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth30 April 1946
CountryUnited States of America
picked shade stuff tried
I look at some of my early stuff - back when I was 12 or 13 years old - and I was already doing cross-hatching back then. I don't know where I picked that up. I think I was in a hurry, and I wanted to shade something really fast, and I tried cross-hatching a shadow.
almost beat fans france germany groups known people spain trying
I'm much better known in France and Germany and Spain than I am in the U.S. When I go to Russia, I get mobbed; I have groups of fans waiting for me out in the hotel lobby, waiting for me to come down off the elevator. In China, I almost got beat up because people were trying to get me to do a drawing for them.
artist museums hands
I like the idea of seeing a film that has the artist's hand in there,a film where you can see his strokes, you can see his working patterns. It's like going to a museum and seeing a Renoir drawing. You want to see their work and you want to see how they put it together. For me to see that in animation is really fresh, it's really exciting, it's really original.
facts film more-money
Im very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
japan europe ideas
America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation.
kids thinking people
Animation can be a full spectrum of different storytelling techniques and different genres. I think it's sad that there is only one audience that the studios are aiming for and that's the kid audience. It's really tragic that they don't' make films for older people.
thinking imagination people
I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it.
cop antichrist negotiating
Negotiating with Disney isn't like good cop/bad cop; it's like bad cop/Antichrist.
people want apps
People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps.
feature great hope love sure wide win
I'd love to win an Oscar; that would be great. I hope to get a feature film that I've made get a wide release. I'm not sure that's ever going to happen.
adult disney dreamworks filmmakers great love loved pixar train
I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. 'Tangled,' was great. I loved 'How to Train Your Dragon,' the Dreamworks film. But it's not for me. I don't want to make a film for families; I want to make adult films.
artist good great talented
Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.
creative listen
I listen to Emmylou Harris. She's my favorite. I don't know why, but I just feel more creative with her playing.
cartoon characters studios
I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon characters into adult situations on film.