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Don Bluth
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Born

September (1937-09-13) 13, 1937 (age 87)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.

Nationality

American

Occupation

Animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer, animation instructor

Years active

1957–present

Location(s)

Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.


Family

Toby Bluth (brother)

Website

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Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth (born September 13, 1937) is an American animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer, and animation instructor who is known for directing animated films, such as The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), and Anastasia (1997), and for his involvement in the LaserDisc game Dragon's Lair (1983). He is also known for competing with former employer Walt Disney Productions during the years leading up to the films that would make up the Disney Renaissance. He is the older brother of illustrator Toby Bluth.

Born into a family of seven children in El Paso, Texas, he grew up in Payson, Utah. After seeing Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Bluth knew he wanted to be an animator and after high school in 1954 he attended Bringham Young University and one year later got a job at Walt Disney Animation Studios assisting John Lounsbury on Sleeping Beauty but left the studio in 1957 to help his brother Fred with directing stage plays. He later returned to Disney in 1971 and worked as an animator on Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, and The Fox and the Hound.

He also directed the short film The Small. He has and offical website called DonBluth.com where users can view film clips, play games, and more. However, currently there's only and image of what's suppose to look like a poster of Dragon's Lair, based on the video game series created by Bluth himself.

His Favorite Food is Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwiches, Pizza, Chocolate Ice Cream, Hamburgers And Hot Dogs.

Filmography[]

  • Lady and the Tramp (assistant director - animator)*
  • Sleeping Beauty (Animator)*
  • The Sword in the Stone (assistant director - animator)*
  • The Jungle Book (Animation Director)*
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Animation Director)*
  • Robin Hood (Character Animator)*
  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (short film) (Character Animator)*
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animator)*
  • The Rescuers (Animation Director)*
  • Pete's Dragon (Animation Director)*
  • The Small One (short film)*
  • Banjo the Woodpile Cat (Director/Producer/Writer)*
  • Xanadu (Animation Unit)
  • The Fox and the Hound (short film)*
  • The Secret of NIMH (Director/Producer/Writer/Animator/Layout Artist)
  • An American Tail (Director/Producer/Title Design)
  • The Land Before Time (Director/Producer/Storyboard Artist/Production Designer)
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven (Director/Producer/Writer/Storyboard Artist/Production Designer)
  • Rock-a-Doodle (Director/Producer/Storyboard Artist)
  • Thumbelina (Director/Producer/Writer)*
  • A Troll in Central Park (Director/Producer)*
  • The Pebble and the Penguin (uncredited)*^
  • Anastasia (Director/Producer)*
  • Bartok the Magnificent (Director)*
  • Titan A.E. (Producer/Director)*
  • Gift of Hoopoe (Storyboard Artist)
  • Mary (animated segments of music video)
  • Dragon's Lair: The Movie (TBA)
  • Ideas for 3rd F&H Movie (Copper/Buck-Buck The Deer.)
  • The aristocats the series (the Pizza Delivery Man and the Telegram Boy)
  • Indicates a film whose rights are now owned by Disney, especially those that they acquired from 20th Century Fox.

^The Pebble and the Penguin’s North American domestic rights are owned by MGM through Amazon, while the international rights are owned by Disney, after they acquired 20th Century Fox.

Trivia[]

  • Don's restoration on his films has sparked criticism since the prints are not entirely cleaned up, this could be due to MGM lacking a cell to digital remastering device.
  • Most of his 1.66:1 films that surfaced on Blu-ray received criticism by many fans due to the top and bottom of the frame are cropped deeper in 1.85:1, loosing more of the masterpiece than the previously lost sides of the full frame on older medias.

Gallery[]

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