Donald Virgil Bluth (/bluːθ/BLOOTH; born September 13, 1937)[2] is an American filmmaker, animator, and author. He is best known for directing the animated films 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), for his involvement in the LaserDisc game Dragon's Lair (1983), and for competing with former employer Walt Disney Productions during the years leading up to the films that became the Disney Renaissance. He is the older brother of illustrator Toby Bluth.
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^Bendazzi, Giannalberto (October 2015). "A Cat in the Heavy Traffic". Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style – The Three Markets. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-317-51990-4. Among the directors of feature films, Don Bluth is noteworthy. Born in El Paso, Texas, on 13 September 1937, Bluth went to Disney in 1956 (...).
Donald Virgil Bluth (/bluːθ/ BLOOTH; born September 13, 1937) is an American filmmaker, animator, and author. He is best known for directing the animated...
Heaven is a 1989 animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film directed by DonBluth and co-directed by Gary Goldman (his directorial debut) and Dan Kuenster...
of NIMH is a 1982 American animated fantasy adventure film directed by DonBluth in his directorial debut and based on Robert C. O'Brien's 1971 children's...
younger brother of DonBluth, whom he collaborated with on both theater and animation. Gustaf Tenggren was a big inspiration throughout Bluth's career. When...
(1981), when long-time animator DonBluth left Disney's animation department to start his own rival studio, DonBluth Productions, taking eleven Disney...
Anne-Marie was released posthumously in November 1989. In an interview, DonBluth, the director of both The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go To Heaven,...
animator, writer and voice actor. He is known for working on films with DonBluth such as All Dogs Go to Heaven for his directorial debut, Anastasia, An...
1988 with the eponymous The Land Before Time, directed and produced by DonBluth as well as executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. It...
Banjo the Woodpile Cat is a 1979 American animated short film directed by DonBluth. It follows the story of Banjo, an overly curious and rebellious kitten...
and the 1979 departure of DonBluth and eleven other associates from the animation department dealt Disney a major blow. Bluth formed a new studio, in direct...
Les Clark retired; they were gradually replaced by new talents such as DonBluth, Ron Clements, John Musker and Glen Keane. The new animators, culled from...
1986 American animated musical adventure comedy-drama film directed by DonBluth and written by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss from a story by David Kirschner...
DonBluth. After the financially unsuccessful release of the DonBluth Entertainment-produced film Thumbelina on March 30, 1994, animators DonBluth and...
actor and theater director, known for portraying the evil rat Jenner in DonBluth's film, The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa...
DonBluth, the director of the original film, had no involvement with it. It was the second of only two theatrical sequels to a film directed by Don Bluth...
Space Ace is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was...
release was delayed by over six months following the abrupt departure of DonBluth and his team of animators. Further concerns were raised over the handling...
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American independent musical-comedy-adventure film animated film directed by DonBluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voices of Martin Short, Jim Belushi...
Bluth, Don (1984). Exposure sheet : Official newsletter of the DonBluth Animation Fan Club. Vol. 5. Tarzana, Los Angeles: DonBluth Studios. "Don Bluth...
characters in several major animated productions, particularly those of DonBluth. DeLuise was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian American parents Vincenza...
Hartman retired from acting in 1982 after portraying Mrs. Brisby in DonBluth's first animated feature, The Secret of NIMH (1982). Mary Elizabeth Hartman...
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