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.
Awards & recognition
- Time Machine Award · 1993
- Inkpot Award · 1983
Filmography23 titles
Anastasia
The Secret of NIMH
Robin Hood
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Land Before Time
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Sword in the Stone
The Fox and the Hound
The Small One
All Dogs Go to Heaven
An American Tail
The Rescuers
Titan A.E.
Thumbelina
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Pete's Dragon
Rock-A-Doodle
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
Bartok the Magnificent
Xanadu
The Pebble and the Penguin
A Troll in Central Park