GUARD DOG
Director: Bill Plympton
Crew:Editor: Biljana Labovic - Cinematographer: Lori Samsel - Original Score: Maureen McElheron, Hank Bones - Sound: Eric Strausser - Production Supervisor: Biljana Labovic
Sales:Bill Plympton c/o Plympton Studio - New York, NY - T: (212) 675-6021 - F: (212) 741-5522
Email:plymptoons@aol.com
Synopsis
Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels? what are they afraid of? This film answers that eternal question.
About the director
Bill Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation and is the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. 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.
Bill Plympton's filmography
- GUARD DOG, 2004 (Festival 2005)
- GUIDE DOG (this film is presented out of competition), 2006 (Festival 2007)
- HOT DOG, 2008
- SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS, 2008 (Festival 2009)
- THE COW WHO WANTED TO BE A HAMBURGER, 2010