Don Bluth

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-09-13 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

El Paso, Texas, USA

Don Bluth

Biography

Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth is an American animator and independent studio owner. He is best known for his departure from The Walt Disney Company in 1979 and his subsequent directing of animated classics such as The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986),The Land Before Time (1988), and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), as well as his involvement in the laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. He is also often credited for providing competition to Disney, and forcing them to improve from their streak of lackluster film efforts to the films that would make up the Disney Renaissance.

Acting

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Space Ace

as Commander Borf

Production

1991

Rock-A-Doodle

as Director

1991

1986

An American Tail

as Director

1986

An American Tail

as Producer

1989

1989

1989

All Dogs Go to Heaven

as Production Design

1982

1982

The Secret of NIMH

as Screenplay

1982

2000

Titan A.E.

as Director

2000

Titan A.E.

as Producer

1988

1988

1997

Anastasia

as Director

1997

Anastasia

as Producer

1978

The Small One

as Director

1978

The Small One

as Producer

1994

Thumbelina

as Director

1994

Thumbelina

as Screenplay

1969

Archie and His New Pals

as Character Designer

1999

1979

1979

1979

1988

The Land Before Time

as Storyboard Artist

1988

The Land Before Time

as Production Design

1982

The Secret of NIMH

as Visual Development

1982

The Secret of NIMH

as Animation Director

1980

Xanadu

as Animation

1979

2009

1983

Space Ace

as Animation

1983

Space Ace

as Producer

1999

1991

Rock-A-Doodle

as Producer

1994

Thumbelina

as Producer

1986

An American Tail

as Production Design

1991

Rock-A-Doodle

as Writer

1963

1973

Robin Hood

as Animation

1978

The Small One

as Animation

1977

Pete's Dragon

as Animation Director

1977

The Rescuers

as Animation Director

1981

1978

1982

1972

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Dragon's Lair

as Producer

-

Dragon's Lair

as Video Game

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