Key facts
- Born
- Donald Virgil Bluth , ( 1937-09-13 ) September 13, 1937 (age 88) , El Paso, Texas , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Brigham Young University
- Occupations
- Film director animator producer writer production designer animation instructor
- Years active
- 1955–present
- Employers
- Walt Disney Productions (1955–1979) Filmation (1967–1970) Don Bluth Entertainment (1979–1995) Fox Animation Studios (1994–2000) Don Bluth Studios (2020–present)
- Notable work
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) An American Tail (1986) The Land Before Time (1988) All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) Thumbelina (1994) Anastasia (1997) Titan A.E. (2000) Dragon's Lair (1983) Space Ace (1984)
- Relatives
- Toby Bluth (brother)
- Family
- Pratt family
- Awards
- Inkpot Award (1983)
- Website
- www .donbluth .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- El Paso
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- Walt Disney Studios
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Titan A.E.
- Official website
- www.donbluthanimation.com
- Image
- Don Bluth Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2023.jpg
- Work location
- Dublin
- Residence
- Scottsdale
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- date of birth
- 1937-09-13
- topic's main category
- Category:Don Bluth
- Commons category
- Don Bluth
- influenced by
- Walt Disney
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- Template:Don Bluth
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Don Bluth
- social media followers
- 20500
- birth name
- Donald Virgil Bluth
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Donald Virgil Bluth (/bluːθ/ BLOOTH; born September 13, 1937) is an American filmmaker, animator, video game designer and author. He came to prominence working for Walt Disney Productions before creating his own film studio in the early 1980s. Bluth is best known for directing the animated films The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and Titan A.E., and for his involvement in the well-known Laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. Don Bluth Productions hired many animators away from Disney, and Bluth's films were a major competitor to Disney in the 1980s, leading up to the Disney Renaissance.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Don Bluth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.