Don Bluth

Directing·Sep 13, 1937·El Paso, Texas, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
DDon Bluth: Somewhere Out There2025 · Self	Self
Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation2017 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Gift of the Hoopoe2009 · Director	Director
Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Going Back to Xanadu2008 · Actor	Actor
Titan A.E.2000 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Bartok the Magnificent1999 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Anastasia1997 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Pebble and the Penguin1995 · Director	Director
A Troll in Central Park1994 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Thumbelina1994 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Rock-A-Doodle1991 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
DDragon's Lair II: Time Warp1991 · Director	Director
All Dogs Go to Heaven1989 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Land Before Time1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
An American Tail1986 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Secret of NIMH1982 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Banjo the Woodpile Cat1979 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Small One1978 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
DDragon's LairProducer	Producer