Bill Plympton

American artist and director

Person human Q862383

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: April 30, 1946
Place of birth: Portland
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: film director, animator, screenwriter
Field of work: animation^[7]
Educated at: School of Visual Arts, Portland State University, Oregon City High School
Award received: Inkpot Award^[9]
Notable work: Your Face^[8]
Official website: www.plymptoons.com^[15]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film^[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[18]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[19]
Described by source: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum biographical files^[16]
Family name: Plympton^[12]
Given name: Bill, William^[13]^[14]
Member of: National Guard of the United States
P14419: 69281
P14750: 006C-F783-882D-A29A-A2DD
Residence: New York City^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 61

ISNI: 0000000114512443
VIAF cluster ID: 88175961
Library of Congress authority ID: n78014291
GND ID: 138113874
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Annie Awards Bill plimpton wife.jpg ↗
Academy Awards Database nominee ID: 6173
Africultures person ID: 17298
AllMovie person ID: p106682
AlloCiné person ID: 24856
Artists of the World ID: f78196fe-2c0c-4739-9290-aadf6ffb3995
Artsy artist ID: bill-plympton
BD Gest' author ID: 7374

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Bgm.tv person ID: 20643
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14057241k
Box Office Mojo studio ID (archived): billplympton
CINE21 person ID: 2992
Discogs artist ID: 2267803
Douban movie celebrity ID: 1048350
Douban personage ID: 27254111
Elonet person ID: 201640
Europeana entity: agent/base/65973
Evene ID: bill-plympton-38237
FAST ID: 22712
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_138113874
Fandango person ID: 535551
FilmAffinity person and company ID: 448945603
Freebase ID: /m/032cn9
GCD creator ID: 1252
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Bill_Plympton
IMDb ID: nm0687739
IdRef ID: 069282196
Ivi person ID: bill-plimpton
JRC Names ID: 259597
Kinobox person ID: 897264
Kinopoisk person ID: 18704
Lambiek Comiclopedia artist ID: p/plympton_bill
LastDodo-area-ID: 4459313
MYmovies person ID: 47163
MovieMeter person ID: 126125
MusicBrainz artist ID: bdd3d25a-72ec-441e-a5ec-e2a1c1f95f2e
NL CR AUT ID: jo2005273788
NUKAT ID: n2006102581
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007337450805171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201102531
National Library of Latvia ID: 000252097
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810702742305606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 125824262
Notable Names Database ID: 725/000174203
Obálky knih ID: jo2005273788
PORT person ID: 165343
Plex person key: 5d776854103a2d001f56dcd5
Related category: Category:Films directed by Bill Plympton
SNAC ARK ID: w6b888hr
Scope.dk person ID: 15491
Sinemalar person ID: 76270
Swedish Film Database person ID: 465186
TMDB person ID: 126125
Tabakalera ID: 68874
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdRBxx97wTQ7f6mVVG8md
Yale LUX ID: person/d2a7dbc7-2c9b-4a8a-8771-a3c56d7d2d3d
ČSFD person ID: 16567

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🔗 Connections

Films directed 4

The Prophet, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Mutant Aliens

Films written 3

Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Mutant Aliens

Occupation 3

film director, screenwriter, animator

← Producer 3

Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Mutant Aliens

Educated at 2

Portland State University, School of Visual Arts

Given name 2

William, Bill

Nominated for 2

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Award received 1

Inkpot Award

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Field of work 1

animation

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of 1

National Guard of the United States

Place of birth 1

Portland

Residence 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

Mutant Aliens

← Production company 1

Mutant Aliens

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Summary

Bill Plympton was born on April 30, 1946^[1], in Portland^[2]. He has worked as a film director^[3], animator^[4], and screenwriter^[5].

FAQs

Where was Bill Plympton born?

Bill Plympton's place of birth was Portland^[2].

What did Bill Plympton do for work?

Bill Plympton worked as a film director^[3], animator^[4], and screenwriter^[5].

What awards did Bill Plympton receive?

Honors received include Inkpot Award^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Bill Plympton — place of birth (P19): Portland. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-17. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Bill Plympton — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Bill Plympton — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Bill Plympton — field of work (P101): animation. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Bill Plympton — occupation (P106): film director. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-06-24. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Bill Plympton — occupation (P106): animator. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Bill Plympton — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Retrieved 2023-09-12. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Bill Plympton — award received (P166): Inkpot Award. comic-con.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21. comic-con.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Bill Plympton — residence (P551): New York City. Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Bill Plympton — date of birth (P569): April 30, 1946. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Bill Plympton — family name (P734): Plympton. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Bill Plympton — given name (P735): Bill. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Bill Plympton — given name (P735): William. Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Bill Plympton — notable work (P800): Your Face. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Bill Plympton — official website (P856): https://www.plymptoons.com/. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Bill Plympton — described by source (P1343): Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum biographical files. cartoons.osu.edu. cartoons.osu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Bill Plympton — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Bill Plympton — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-03-05. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Bill Plympton — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-12-13. wikidata.org.

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