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4 unusual facts about Don Hertzfeldt


Don Hertzfeldt

A second Animation Show edition toured throughout 2005, featuring Hertzfeldt's short film The Meaning of Life and new films by animators like Peter Cornwell and Georges Schwizgebel.

Hertzfeldt's work commonly features hand-drawn stick figures, in stories of black humor, surrealism, and tragicomedy.

The third season of The Animation Show began its nationwide release in January 2007, featuring new work by animators Joanna Quinn and Bill Plympton, as well as Hertzfeldt's own Everything Will Be OK.

Pop-Tarts

The ads employ squiggly animation, surreal humor, and non sequitur, all of which bear a strong resemblance to the signature work of animator Don Hertzfeldt.


The Animation Show

The second Animation Show toured throughout 2005, featuring Bill Plympton's "Guard Dog", The National Film Board of Canada's classic "When the Day Breaks", Don Hertzfeldt's The Meaning of Life and new films by animators Peter Cornwell, Georges Schwizgebel and PES.

The third tour also showcased new work by animators Joanna Quinn, PES, Bill Plympton, and Don Hertzfeldt.


see also

Grand Illusion Cinema

Over the years the cinema has been host to such people as Quentin Tarantino, Takeshi Miike, Alex Cox, Eddie Izzard, Stuart Gordon, Don Hertzfeldt, and the cast of Troll 2.