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Don Hertzfeldt (born August 1, 1976) is an American writer, animator and independent filmmaker. He is the creator of many animated films, including ''It's Such a Beautiful Day'', ''World of Tomorrow'', ''The Meaning of Life'', and the Academy-Award nominated ''Rejected''. His films have received over 200 awards and have been presented around the world. Seven of his films have competed at the Sundance Film Festival, a festival record.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://twitter.com/sundancefest/status/542466782317903873 )〕 He is also the only filmmaker to have won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Short Film twice. Hertzfeldt's short films have been described as "some of the most influential animation ever created," and "some of the most vital and expressive animation of the millennium." In his book ''The World History of Animation'', author Stephen Cavalier writes, "Hertzfeldt is either a unique phenomenon or perhaps an example of a new way forward for individual animators surviving independently on their own terms… he attracts the kind of fanatical support from the student and alternative crowds usually associated with indie rock bands." In 2012, Hertzfeldt combined his short film trilogy about a man named Bill (''Everything Will Be OK'', ''I Am So Proud of You'', and ''It's Such a Beautiful Day''), into a seamless new feature film, ''It's Such a Beautiful Day'', which had a limited theatrical release in autumn 2012. The L.A. Film Critics Association named it runner-up for Best Animated Feature Film of 2012 and the annual Indiewire critics poll ranked Hertzfeldt the 9th Best Film Director of 2012 (tied with Wes Anderson).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indiewire 2012 Year-End Critics Poll Best Director )〕 The AV Club film critics ranked ''It's Such a Beautiful Day'' # 8 on their list of the Best Films of 2012. After a limited UK release the following year, the film was ranked # 3 on Time Out London's list of the 10 Best Films of 2013 and # 4 on The London Film Review's list of the same. Hertzfeldt primarily supports his work through self-distribution, such as ticket sales from theatrical tours, DVDs, and television broadcasts. He has refused all advertising work.〔 In 2014, ''Time Out New York'' ranked ''It's Such a Beautiful Day'' No. 16 on its list of the "100 Best Animated Movies Ever Made."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 100 best animated movies: 20–11 )〕 Hertzfeldt lives in Austin, Texas. He spent many years in Santa Barbara, California after attending college there. He has kept a continuous blog on his website since 1999. ==Early life== Hertzfeldt was born on August 1, 1976 in Alameda County, California, the son of an airline pilot and a county librarian. Some publications have his place of birth as Fremont, California while others name the smaller Castro Valley, California.〔 He attended Mission San Jose High School in Fremont.〔 In his childhood, Hertzfeldt drew homemade comic books and at the age of 15, he began to teach himself animation with a VHS video camera.〔 Two of Hertzfeldt's teenage VHS cartoons can be seen on the "Bitter Films: Volume 1" DVD collection. While at film school, Hertzfeldt was drawn to animation as it was a less expensive form to work in. He could not afford to buy the numerous rolls of 16 mm film required to shoot live action. He has stated, "I think I've always approached animation from a strange angle, a bit like a regular filmmaker who just happens to animate. Editing, writing, sound—those are the things that usually come first in my head. Animation is often just the busy work I need to get through to connect the dots and tell the story." Hertzfeldt has never held a job other than creating his animated films. His earliest teenage video animations found film festival exposure, and in film school at the University of California, Santa Barbara he was able to find international distribution for each of his 16mm student films. He is a 1998 graduate with a B.A. in Film Studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rejected )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Hertzfeldt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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