Don Bluth
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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Films (33)
Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
2025 · Self
Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation
2017 · Producer, Writer, Director
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Gift of the Hoopoe
2009 · Director
Going Back to Xanadu
2008
You Are Mine
2002 · Storyboard
Titan A.E.
2000 · Director, Producer
Bartok the Magnificent
1999 · Director, Producer
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998 · Characters
Anastasia
1997 · Director, Producer
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995 · Director
A Troll in Central Park
1994 · Producer, Director
Thumbelina
1994 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Characters
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Director, Story, Producer, Writer
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
1991 · Director
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Story, Director, Producer, Production Design
The Land Before Time
1988 · Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Production Design
An American Tail
1986 · Producer, Director, Production Design, Title Designer
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Screenplay, Director, Producer, Visual Development, Animation Director, Layout
The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Animation
Xanadu
1980 · Animation
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Director, Producer, Animation, Writer, Lyricist, Songs
The Small One
1978 · Producer, Director, Animation, Songs
Pete's Dragon
1977 · Animation Director
The Rescuers
1977 · Supervising Animator
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 · Animation
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974 · Story
Robin Hood
1973 · Animation
Journey Back to Oz
1972 · Layout
Archie and His New Pals
1969 · Character Designer
The Sword in the Stone
1963 · Animation
Dragon's Lair
· Producer, Video Game
