Don Bluth
Born: 1937-09-13 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There as Self
2017
- Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation ... (Producer)
2009
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- Gift of the Hoopoe ... (Director)
2008
2000
- Titan A.E. ... (Director)
1999
- Bartok the Magnificent ... (Director)
1998
- An All Dogs Christmas Carol ... (Characters)
1997
- Anastasia ... (Director)
1996
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series ... (Characters)
1995
- The Pebble and the Penguin ... (Director)
1994
- Thumbelina ... (Screenplay)
- A Troll in Central Park ... (Producer)
1991
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West ... (Characters)
- Rock-A-Doodle ... (Director)
1989
- All Dogs Go to Heaven ... (Story)
1988
- The Land Before Time ... (Director)
1986
- An American Tail ... (Producer)
1984
- Space Ace ... (Creator)
1982
- The Secret of NIMH ... (Screenplay)
1981
- The Fox and the Hound ... (Animation)
1980
- Xanadu ... (Animation)
1979
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat ... (Director)
1978
- The Small One ... (Producer)
1977
- The Rescuers ... (Animation Director)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ... (Animation)
- Pete's Dragon ... (Animation Director)
1974
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too ... (Story)
1973
- Robin Hood ... (Animation)
1972
- Journey Back to Oz ... (Layout)
1969
- Archie and His New Pals ... (Character Designer)
1963
- The Sword in the Stone ... (Animation)