His experiences of youth and the difficulties of adapting to life in America and then returning to Czechoslovakia are documented in his biopic animated film Drawn from Memory.
It produced animated segments for ABC's Harry Reasoner specials and PBS' Sesame Street, including the popular Teeny Little Super Guy series; a network ID for TVPaint; Nickelodeon; and more.
Fierlinger became a steady provider of many TV commercials and sales films for US Healthcare (now Aetna), winning a variety of international awards.
[7] During this time, Fierlinger received a commission from PBS' American Playhouse to create a one-hour-long autobiography, called Drawn from Memory.
In the late 1990s, ITVS, an agency of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, commissioned Fierlinger to create a half-hour PBS special called Still Life with Animated Dogs.
The Fierlingers' own production of My Dog Tulip, based on the book of the same title by British author J. R. Ackerley, featured the voice talents of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave and Isabella Rossellini.