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Don Bluth

Directing · Born 1937-09-13 · El Paso, Texas, USA

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.

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Filmography

2025Don Bluth: Somewhere Out ThereSelf
2017Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch PresentationWriter
2009Gift of the HoopoeDirector
2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
2008Going Back to Xanadu
2000Titan A.E.Director
1999Bartok the MagnificentDirector
1998An All Dogs Christmas CarolCharacters
1997AnastasiaDirector
1996All Dogs Go To Heaven: The SeriesCharacters
1995The Pebble and the PenguinDirector
1994A Troll in Central ParkDirector
1994ThumbelinaScreenplay
1991An American Tail: Fievel Goes WestCharacters
1991Rock-A-DoodleDirector
1991Dragon's Lair II: Time WarpDirector
1989All Dogs Go to HeavenDirector
1988The Land Before TimeProducer
1986An American TailDirector
1984Space AceCreator
1982The Secret of NIMHScreenplay
1981The Fox and the HoundAnimation
1980XanaduAnimation
1979Banjo the Woodpile CatDirector
1978The Small OneDirector
1977Pete's DragonAnimation Director
1977The RescuersSupervising Animator
1977The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohAnimation
1974Winnie the Pooh and Tigger TooStory
1973Robin HoodAnimation
1972Journey Back to OzLayout
1969Archie and His New PalsCharacter Designer
1963The Sword in the StoneAnimation
—Dragon's LairProducer

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