After graduating from Portland State University with a degree in Graphic Design, Bill Plympton moved to New York City. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In 1997 he was nominated for an Oscar® for his short Your Face. Since 1991 he has made seven feature films, five of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens and Hair High animated features. In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for the short film Guard Dog.