“Pigeon Businessman is an incredibly witty short film that deserves a huge audience.”
*Official Selection: Annecy Festival of Animation
*WINNER: Best 2D Cartoon Short - Los Angeles Animation Festival
*Official Selection: Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival - Bill Plympton’s World of Animation Showcase
*Official Selection: Silverlake Shorts
*Official Selection: Iron Mule Comedy Festival
SYNOPSIS/LOGLINE:
A day in the life of a serious businessman who also happens to be an anthropomorphic pigeon.
The Team
Will Blank
Writer/Director
Will Blank is a director and editor based out of Los Angeles. He has contributed to projects on networks like HBO, AMC, Apple TV+ and NBC. His commercial clients include Pepsico, Apple and 3M. His previous short film “LIMBO” starred Sam Elliott and was praised by Guillermo del Toro as an “excellent film.”
Vlad Khlynin
Co-Writer
Vlad Khlynin is a comedian and writer based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He was a finalist on the NBC reality competition show “Last Comic Standing.”
Bill Plympton
Producer
Bill Plympton, described as “The King of Indie Animation” is an animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his Academy Award–nominated animated short “Your Face” and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting with 2004's Academy Award-nominated “Guard Dog.”
Pigeon Businessman is a completely hand-drawn animated short film produced while Will was a student at Bill Plympton’s School of Animation. It is his first animated short film, made with colored pencils and animation paper. By day, Will works primarily in live action as an editor and assistant editor.
Pigeon Businessman
Running time: 2 minutes
Comedy/Animation
English
Not Rated
Worldwide VOD launch TBD on Vimeo and YouTube
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