In 1988, his animated shortYour Face was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He also became known for other animated short films, including 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989) and Enemies (1991), the latter of which was part of the Animania series on MTV, where many of his other shorts were shown.[7]
The actress Martha Plimpton, a distant relative of his,[10] served as associate producer on Plympton's animated feature Hair High (2004), doing much of the casting. The movie's voice cast included her father Keith Carradine and her uncle David Carradine.
In 2011, Alexia Anastasio completed a documentary on Plympton's life, Adventures in Plymptoons!,[14] released in September 2012 direct-to-DVD and on video-on-demand.[15]
In 2011, Plympton collaborated with child film critic Perry Chen on Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest, a 2011 short animated film directed by Kevin Sean Michaels, about actress and Holocaust survivor Ingrid Pitt.[16]
Plympton directed the segment "On Eating and Drinking" in the 2014 animated film The Prophet, adapted from Kahlil Gibran's book The Prophet. In 2018, Plympton created a series of videos for The New York Times called “Trump Bites”. One of the series, Trump and Putin: A Love Story, depicts Trump and Putin kissing half-naked. Critics said the video implied that gay relationships were inherently comical and immoral.[17]
In 2020, Plympton released a Kickstarter for his new animated comedy western, Slide. The funding was successful and Plympton had planned on finishing the film by 2022.
Legacyedit
A collection of more than 180 Plympton items is held at the Academy Film Archive.[18] The archive has preserved Plympton's films such as Your Face, The Tune, Guard Dog, and The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger.[19]
On December 23, 2011, Plympton married animator/artist/illustrator Sandrine Flament at his sister's house in Oregon.[25][26] Their son, Lucas, was born in September 2012.[1]
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^Shout! Factory Announces Acquisition of Bill Plympton Library|Shout! Blog
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^ ab"Wilda Jean Plympton [obituary]". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
^"About Bill Plympton – Plymptoons". www.plymptoons.com. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
^ abFrook, John Evan (May 21, 1992). "October Wins 'Tune' Rights". Daily Variety. p. 2.
^"Bill Plympton". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
^MobyGames: Take Your Best Shot, September 17, 2000
^"Bill Plympton, Animator - Profile Interview Series Vol. #6". Efilmcritic.com. February 28, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
^Rizov, Vadim (October 28, 2010). "Sex, Death and Pragmatism: Bill Plympton's DIY cartoon cottage industry". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
^Jessen, Taylor (April 10, 2007). "Might Come Back From Dead Man's Curve: Bill Plympton's 'Hair High'". Animation World News. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
^Tribeca Film Festival Film Guide Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"Film Reviews - 'Adventures in Plymptoons!". Variety. November 1, 2011.
^Zahed, Ramin (September 28, 2012). "A Good Time to Watch 'Adventures in Plymptoons!'". Animation Magazine.
^"Wise Beyond His Years". Animation Magazine. PerrysPreviews.com. February 2012.
^"New York Times under fire for 'homophobic' cartoon of Trump and Putin". Reuters. July 18, 2018.
^"Bill Plympton Collection". Academy Film Archive. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^Bill Plympton - 16 January 09-Part 2. One on One. Al Jazeera English. January 18, 2009. Event occurs at 06:57-07:46. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
^"SLIFF 2011 Awards Major Filmmaker Awards". Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^"2011 Awards: Our Honorees". Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
^"2011 Lifetime Achievement Award: Bill Plympton" (PDF). Action on Film International Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^"51st Gijon International Film Festival Awards". Retrieved November 23, 2016.
^"2023 WINNERS – December 9-10 2023". 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
^"Animated Shorts". Plymptoons (official site). Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
^"Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1984 -". cartoonresearch.com.
^Godfrey, Leigh (December 10, 2001). "Bill Plympton's 12 Tiny Christmas Tales To Air On Cartoon Network". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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