Don Bluth

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.

Filmography

• Anastasia (1997)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• Thumbelina (1994)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
• An American Tail (1986)
• Titan A.E. (2000)
• The Secret of NIMH (1982)
• Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
• Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
• The Small One (1978)
• A Troll in Central Park (1994)
• The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
• Gift of the Hoopoe (2009)
• Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)
• Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation (2017)
• Going Back to Xanadu (2008)