Don Bluth

American animator

Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth (born September 13, 1937) is an American animator and independent studio owner. He is best known for leaving The Walt Disney Company in 1979 and later directing of animated movies such as The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Anastasia (1997), and Titan A.E. (2000), as well as his work on the laserdisc game Dragon's Lair.

Donald Virgil Bluth
2006
Born (1937-09-13) September 13, 1937 (age 86)
Other namesDon Bluth
OccupationAnimator

He is also often[1] credited for providing competition to Disney, and making them improve from their streak of less-successful movie efforts[2][3] to the movies that would make up the Disney Renaissance.

Filmography

Director

Other roles

  • Sleeping Beauty (1959, assistant animator, uncredited)
  • Fantastic Voyage (1968, TV series, layout artist)
  • Archie and His New Pals (1969, TV special, layout artist)
  • Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970, TV series, layout artist)
  • Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies (1970, TV series, layout artist)
  • Journey Back to Oz (1972, layout artist)
  • Robin Hood (1973, character animator)
  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974, short film, character animator)
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977, character animator)
  • The Rescuers (1977, directing animator)
  • The Small One (1978, animator, uncredited)
  • Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979, animator)
  • Xanadu (1980, animated sequence unit, animator)
  • The Fox and the Hound (1981, animator, uncredited)
  • The Secret of NIMH (1982, directing animator)
  • The Black Cauldron (1985, animator, uncredited)
  • The Great Mouse Detective (1986, animator, uncredited)
  • Oliver & Company (1988, animator, uncredited)
  • The Little Mermaid (1989, animator, uncredited)
  • Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (2002, video game, animator)
  • "Mary" by the Scissor Sisters (2004, animated segments of music video)
  • Gift of the Hoopoe (2009, short film, storyboard artist only)
  • Tapper World Tour (2011, video game, animator)

References