Don Hertzfeldt Movies

A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.

A life, seen through paper.

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.

A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.

A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.

Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes a faux pas so bad that Rod forces him to be his...

Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.

In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The...

Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.

Musing on the nature of memory, Don Hertzfeldt recounts stories about a kiss from The King, a floating child in a backyard and a giant foot.

In Don Hertzfeldt's second student film, a hapless cartoon character is dragged through a spectrum of cinematic situations by his frustrated animator.

A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.

A "trilogy" of surreal and funny cartoons, produced exclusively to book-end the first year of The Animation Show's travelling theatrical tour.

A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.

A boy and his balloon.

Richard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a...

In this clever and over-the-top satire of romantic rituals, a cartoon pickup artist is violently torn apart by the women he courts. Don Hertzfeldt's...

Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.

A collection of extraordinary animated short films from around the world, curated by Don Hertzfeldt. Released exclusively to movie theaters to...