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Don Bluth
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 directi…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
Movie Self
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2017
Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation
Movie Writer
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2009
Gift of the Hoopoe
Movie Director
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Going Back to Xanadu
Movie
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2002
You Are Mine
Movie Storyboard
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2000
Titan A.E.
Movie Director
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1999
Bartok the Magnificent
Movie Director
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1998
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
Movie Characters
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1997
Anastasia
Movie Director
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1996
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
TV show Characters
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1995
The Pebble and the Penguin
Movie Director
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1994
A Troll in Central Park
Movie Director
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1994
Thumbelina
Movie Screenplay
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1991
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Movie Characters
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1991
Rock-A-Doodle
Movie Director
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1991
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
Movie Director
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1989
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Movie Director
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1988
The Land Before Time
Movie Producer
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1986
An American Tail
Movie Director
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1984
Space Ace
TV show Creator
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1982
The Secret of NIMH
Movie Screenplay
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1981
The Fox and the Hound
Movie Animation
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1980
Xanadu
Movie Animation
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1979
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Movie Director
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1978
The Small One
Movie Director
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1977
Pete's Dragon
Movie Animation Director
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1977
The Rescuers
Movie Supervising Animator
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1977
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Movie Animation
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1974
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Movie Story
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1973
Robin Hood
Movie Animation
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1972
Journey Back to Oz
Movie Layout
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1969
Archie and His New Pals
Movie Character Designer
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1963
The Sword in the Stone
Movie Animation
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Dragon's Lair
Movie Producer
