Bill Plympton at Marist College

HUDSON VALLEY PROGRAMMERS GROUP PRESENTS SPECIAL “PLYMPTOONS” COLLEGE TOUR
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Network:
Global
Date:
Monday, April 20, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Marist College - Admissions Theatre in the Student Center Rotunda
Street:
3399 North Rd
City/Town:
Poughkeepsie, NY

Description

Bill Plympton will be presenting a selection of some of his favorite work and following each screeening with a Q&A. Screenings are open to the public. See details at www.hvpg.org

Bill Plympton is recognized as one of America's foremost illustrators, cartoonists and animators. His highly successful films have appeared with frenzied frequency at film festivals, on television and online. His work has received countless honors, including several Academy Award® nominations.

In 1997, Plympton received his first Oscar® nomination for his short Your Face. In2005, he was nominated for Guard Dog. Other select shorts from Bill Plympton inlcude How To Kiss, 25 Ways To Quit Smoking, Plymptoons, Eat, Parking, Guard Dog, The Fan & The Flower, Guide Dog, Shuteye Hotel, Hot Dog, Mexican Standoff.

In addition to his many shorts, Bill Plympton has made seven feature films, (five of them animated) including The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, and Hair High. His most recent feature Idiots and Angels has won two prizes at the Fantasporto Festival in Oporto, Portugal for Best Film and Best Screenplay.

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