The Don Hertzfeldt Collection
-
World of Tomorrow
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
Content Warning:
Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout] -
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.
Content Warning:
Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout] -
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.
Content Warning:
Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout] -
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.
Content Warning:
Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]
Themes of Mental Illness and Dementia
Animated Subject Matter Depicting Death (Non-Graphic)
Dentophobia (Visual of loose teeth) - [10:15-10:24] -
Wisdom Teeth
Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.
-
The Meaning of Life
A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.
Content Warning:
Animated Subject Matter Depicting Death (Non-Graphic)
Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [5:20-5:28] -
Watching Grass Grow
VHS time-lapse footage and rare pencil tests capture Don Hertzfeldt's progress animating The Meaning of Life in the early 2000s.
Content Warning:
Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout] -
Rejected
In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...
Content Warning:
Photo... -
Billy’s Balloon (student film)
A boy and his balloon.
-
Lily and Jim (student film)
A blind date ends in disaster.
