Don Bluth
Known for: Directing
Born: September 13, 1937
Place of birth: El Paso, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
33 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
NR
Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
2025
6.0
Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation
2017
4.5
Gift of the Hoopoe
2009
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
NR
Going Back to Xanadu
2008
10.0
You Are Mine
2002
6.6
Titan A.E.
2000
6.0
Bartok the Magnificent
1999
6.1
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998
7.6
Anastasia
1997
6.1
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
5.2
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
5.1
A Troll in Central Park
1994
6.5
Thumbelina
1994
6.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
6.2
Rock-A-Doodle
19916.7
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
1991
6.8
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
7.2
The Land Before Time
1988
6.8
An American Tail
1986
5.0
Space Ace
1984
7.4
The Secret of NIMH
1982
7.2
The Fox and the Hound
1981
5.7
Xanadu
1980
6.5
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
7.0
The Small One
1978
6.3
Pete's Dragon
1977
6.8
The Rescuers
1977
7.2
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977
7.7
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974
7.3
Robin Hood
1973
5.4
Journey Back to Oz
1972
9.0
Archie and His New Pals
1969
7.2
The Sword in the Stone
1963NR
Dragon's Lair
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