FILM DIRECTOR

Bill Plympton

1946 - Today

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Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Award–nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting with 2004's Guard Dog. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Plympton has received more than 376,411 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Plympton is the 1,470th most popular film director, the 10,429th most popular biography from United States and the 396th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 380k

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  • 43.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bill Plympton ranks 1,470 out of 2,041. Before him are Gianfranco Rosi, Matti Kassila, Charles Band, Joseph Kosinski, Brian Helgeland, and Giorgio Capitani. After him are Peyton Reed, Haifaa al-Mansour, Birt Acres, Olivier Megaton, Mike Flanagan, and Vadim Perelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Bill Plympton ranks 690. Before him are Clive Bunker, Bruce Robinson, Dan White, Flossie Wong-Staal, Josef Augusta, and Bryan D. O'Connor. After him are Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Dennis Muren, Rick Adelman, Jimmy Webb, Alberto Quintano, and Haji.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Plympton ranks 10,429 out of 20,380. Before him are Evelyn Venable (1913), Jimmy Carl Black (1938), Claudia Kolb (1949), Jeremy Allen White (1991), Sterling Price (1809), and Debbi Peterson (1961). After him are Peyton Reed (1964), Barry Diller (1942), Birt Acres (1854), Walker Percy (1916), Adolph Kiefer (1918), and Robert Gordon (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Bill Plympton ranks 396. Before him are Joseph Pevney (1911), Mary Lambert (1951), Edward Sedgwick (1889), Charles Band (1951), Joseph Kosinski (1974), and Brian Helgeland (1961). After him are Peyton Reed (1964), Birt Acres (1854), Mike Flanagan (1978), Gene Saks (1921), Mick Garris (1951), and Victor Salva (1958).

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Filmography

ABCs of Death 2
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Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
Oct 2o 20145.386 / 10
The Prophet
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Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
Sep 6o 20147.3 / 10
Idiots and Angels
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Angel, a selfish rotter is hanging around in a local bar, groping the wife of the barman and dealing with weapons. One morning he wakes up finding a pair of wings growing at his back. These wings do good deeds against his nature. But suddenly he finds himself fighting those who want these wings for their own dark plans.
Apr 26o 20086.7 / 10