# Don Hertzfeldt on Reddit (u/donhertzfeldt)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/don-hertzfeldt

Don Hertzfeldt: Animator, World of Tomorrow and Rejected.

- Reddit account: [u/donhertzfeldt](https://www.reddit.com/user/donhertzfeldt/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/101eu3/don_hertzfeldt_filmmaker_ama/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (647), r/movies (69), r/moviefinder (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2011 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Hertzfeldt

## Moments

### u/donhertzfeldt in r/IAmA, Jan 9, 2011 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> • Hi Don! Love your work. • Have you done any of the voices in your cartoons? • Also, what language were the people in Wisdom Teeth supposed to be speaking? I tried figuring it out but it sounded like a Swedish Chef-ish kind of thing.

> not a real language.   it was originally drawn many years ago as a comic strip, and when i came around to animating it i realized there are certain lines that are just way funnier when read than heard.  therefore, subtitles.  i thought it was obvious, funny gibberish until i read some reviews out of sundance referring to it as "german."  maybe i failed and made it sound too authentic?  i can't imagine how strange and less funny the cartoon must be if someone just assumes it's from europe...

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/eykz5/comment/c1bz2pz/ · 6 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/donhertzfeldt in r/movies, May 26, 2026 · Fan art

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Don!!! Thank you for being a part of my life since I first found your work in 2003 with Billy’s Balloon. I was hooked, and despite their confusion hooked my friends as well. If I remember correctly on bitterfilms there was some note about “send me anything!” And later added…

> oh yeah i forgot about that. somebody put a tree stump in a box, sheared off on one end and sent it to us with a note that said "please enjoy this bookend i fashioned for you out of a maple stump." it was very heavy and must have cost a fortune in postage. i did not hang onto the tree stump very long because i was afraid it would start spinning around at night shooting ants

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1tndjrg/comment/oo1ilb8/ · 31 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/donhertzfeldt in r/IAmA, Jan 8, 2011 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I always assumed you were a fake person. great job >> your films are amazin I am a banana

> when i was on tour a couple years ago i realized i'd squandered a fantastic opportunity:  to hire an actor,  male or female,  of any age or demographic,  to go out on stage every night and answer questions as me.  always a different actor in every different city.
>
> eventually it would become known and accepted that i never actually showed my face in pubilc, and, in on the joke, audiences would enjoy interacting with the actor(s) anyway after each screening,  who would genuinely know enough about my stuff to answer questions intelligently.
>
> eventually i would go out and do the q+a myself in a city,  and nobody would believe that i was me.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/eykz5/comment/c1byr43/ · 89 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/donhertzfeldt in r/IAmA, Jan 4, 2018 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the process with making the final scene in "It's such a beautiful day"? How did you feel making it?

> the final sequence of "beautiful day" was originally an idea for an entirely different movie. what if someone just can't die? through no fault of their own, for unknown reasons, he just can't die? it was just an interesting half-baked thing in my head for a while and i don't think i realized it made sense to be the ending for the 3rd movie until i was already many months in production on it.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7o5raz/comment/ds76rkf/ · 12 points as of Nov 7, 2026