Guard Dog

Guard Dog is a short film which was hand-drawn and produced by Independent Animator Bill Plympton at his Plymptoons Studio. In 2005 the film was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 77th Annual Academy Awards held in 2005 and produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Also in 2005 Guard Dog won Best Animated Short at Toronto World of Comedy International Film Festival, and won a Special Jury Mention for Animated Stories at ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival. This film marked the second Academy Award nomination for Plympton, his first being the animated short Your Face at the 60th Academy Awards.