Directing
Don Bluth
Sep 13, 1937 (89 years) El Paso, Texas, USA
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.
Known for
7.6
Anastasia
Director, Producer
7.3
Robin Hood
Animation
7.2
The Fox and the Hound
Animation
7.2
The Sword in the Stone
Animation
6.8
The Rescuers
Supervising Animator
7.2
The Land Before Time
Producer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Production Design
6.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Characters
6.8
An American Tail
Director, Producer, Production Design, Title Designer
6.8
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Director, Story, Production Design, Producer
7.2
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Animation
7.4
The Secret of NIMH
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Visual Development, Animation Director, Layout
6.6
Titan A.E.
Director, Producer
6.3
Pete's Dragon
Animation Director
6.5
Thumbelina
Screenplay, Director, Producer
5.1
A Troll in Central Park
Director, Producer
Filmography
6.0
Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation
2017 · Writer, Producer, Director
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010 · Self (archive footage)
4.5
Gift of the Hoopoe
2009 · Director
Going Back to Xanadu
2008
10.0
You Are Mine
2002 · Storyboard
6.6
Titan A.E.
2000 · Director, Producer
6.0
Bartok the Magnificent
1999 · Director, Producer
6.1
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998 · Characters
7.6
Anastasia
1997 · Director, Producer
6.1
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996 · Characters
5.2
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995 · Director
6.5
Thumbelina
1994 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
5.1
A Troll in Central Park
1994 · Director, Producer
6.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Characters
6.2
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Director, Story, Producer, Writer
6.8
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Director, Story, Production Design, Producer
7.2
The Land Before Time
1988 · Producer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Production Design
6.8
An American Tail
1986 · Director, Producer, Production Design, Title Designer
5.0
Space Ace
1984 · Creator
7.4
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Screenplay, Director, Producer, Visual Development, Animation Director, Layout
7.2
The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Animation
5.7
Xanadu
1980 · Animation
6.5
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Director, Writer, Producer, Animation, Songs, Lyricist
6.9
The Small One
1978 · Director, Producer, Animation, Songs
6.8
The Rescuers
1977 · Supervising Animator
7.2
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 · Animation
6.3
Pete's Dragon
1977 · Animation Director
7.7
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974 · Story
7.3
Robin Hood
1973 · Animation
5.4
Journey Back to Oz
1972 · Layout