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Don Bluth

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Don Bluth

Born September 13, 1937 in El Paso, Texas, USA16 films

Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth is an American animator and independent studio owner.

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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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Anastasia posterFirst watchAnastasia19977.6Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Land Before Time poster7.2The Land Before Time1988The Secret of NIMH poster7.4The Secret of NIMH1982An American Tail poster6.8An American Tail1986All Dogs Go to Heaven poster6.8All Dogs Go to Heaven1989Titan A.E. poster6.6Titan A.E.2000Thumbelina poster6.5Thumbelina1994Rock-A-Doodle poster6.2Rock-A-Doodle1991Bartok the Magnificent poster6.0Bartok the Magnificent1999

Filmography

16 films as director
  1. 2017Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch PresentationDirector
  2. 2009Gift of the HoopoeDirector
  3. 2000Titan A.E.Director
  4. 1999Bartok the MagnificentDirector
  5. 1997AnastasiaDirector
  6. 1995The Pebble and the PenguinDirector
  7. 1994A Troll in Central ParkDirector
  8. 1994ThumbelinaDirector
  9. 1991Rock-A-DoodleDirector
  10. 1991Dragon's Lair II: Time WarpDirector
  11. 1989All Dogs Go to HeavenDirector
  12. 1988The Land Before TimeDirector
  13. 1986An American TailDirector
  14. 1982The Secret of NIMHDirector
  15. 1979Banjo the Woodpile CatDirector
  16. 1978The Small OneDirector