ANNY: Animation Nights New York presents a Bill Plympton Master Class Presentation

Bill Plympton Master Class Presentation

ANNY: Animation Nights New York is pleased to announce Bill Plympton's Master Class Presentation at the South Street Seaport Third Annual Out to See Festival sponsored by Little Water Radio with generous support by the Howard Hughes Corporation.

Saturday, April 2, 5:00pm-7:00pm, 192 Front St, New York, NY 10038

Free Admission

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Bill Plympton

Mr. Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation and is the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film.

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from Portland State University in Graphic Design. Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw.

In 1987 he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short "Your Face". In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for a short film "Guard Dog". "Push Comes to Shove" another short film, won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or.

After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991 he's made 9 feature films, 6 of them, "The Tune", "Mondo Plympton", "I Married A Strange Person", "Mutant Aliens", "Hair High" and "Idiots and Angels" are all animated features.