Director

Don Bluth

Directing

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 30

TMDB ID: 40345

IMDb ID: nm0089940

Known for: Directing

Born: September 13, 1937

Age: 89

Place of birth: El Paso, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 2025

Years active: 63

Average TMDB rating: 6.61

Wikidata: Q448957

Also known as

Donald Virgil Bluth

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Biography

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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Movies

Directed Movies

Movies directed by Don Bluth.

Gift of the Hoopoe

Director

2009 Movie

Titan A.E.

Director

2000 Movie

Bartok the Magnificent

Director

1999 Movie

Anastasia

Director

1997 Movie

The Pebble and the Penguin

Director

1995 Movie

Rock-A-Doodle

Director

1991 Movie

The Land Before Time

Director

1988 Movie

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

Director

1979 Movie

Pete's Dragon

Animation Director

1977 Movie

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Anastasia

Director

1997 Movie

The Secret of NIMH

Screenplay

1982 Movie

Robin Hood

Animation

1973 Movie

The Sword in the Stone

Animation

1963 Movie

The Land Before Time

Director

1988 Movie

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Animation

1977 Movie

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2009 Movie

The Fox and the Hound

Animation

1981 Movie

The Small One

Producer

1978 Movie

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Story

1989 Movie

The Rescuers

Supervising Animator

1977 Movie

An American Tail

Producer

1986 Movie

Movies

Other Crew Work in Movies

Additional movie credits for Don Bluth.

Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation

Producer

2017 Movie

You Are Mine

Storyboard

2002 Movie

An All Dogs Christmas Carol

Characters

1998 Movie

A Troll in Central Park

Producer

1994 Movie

Thumbelina

Screenplay

1994 Movie

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Characters

1991 Movie

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Story

1989 Movie

An American Tail

Producer

1986 Movie

The Secret of NIMH

Screenplay

1982 Movie

The Fox and the Hound

Animation

1981 Movie

Xanadu

Animation

1980 Movie

The Small One

Producer

1978 Movie

The Rescuers

Supervising Animator

1977 Movie

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Animation

1977 Movie

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

Story

1974 Movie

Robin Hood

Animation

1973 Movie

Series

Other Crew Work in Series

Additional series credits for Don Bluth.

All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series

Characters • 41 eps

1996 Series

Space Ace

Creator

1984 Series

Movies

Acting Appearances in Movies

Movie cast credits for Don Bluth.

Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There

as Self

2025 Movie

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2009 Movie

Going Back to Xanadu

2008 Movie

Don Bluth

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