Director
Don Bluth
89 years · El Paso, Texas, USA · 18 films
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.
Best known for
Anastasia
1997 · Director, Producer
On Disney Plus
The Land Before Time
1988 · Director, Producer
On Wonder Project Amazon Channel
An American Tail
1986 · Producer, Director
Titan A.E.
2000 · Director, Producer
On Amazon Prime Video
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Screenplay, Director
On Tubi TV
Filmography 18
Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
2025 · Self
Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation
2017 · Producer, Writer
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010 · Self (archive footage)
On Disney Plus
Gift of the Hoopoe
2009 · Director
Going Back to Xanadu
2008 · Actor
Titan A.E.
2000 · Director, Producer
On Amazon Prime Video
Bartok the Magnificent
1999 · Director, Producer
Anastasia
1997 · Director, Producer
On Disney Plus
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995 · Director
A Troll in Central Park
1994 · Producer, Director
Thumbelina
1994 · Screenplay, Director
On Disney Plus
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Director, Producer
On Philo
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy
The Land Before Time
1988 · Director, Producer
On Wonder Project Amazon Channel
An American Tail
1986 · Producer, Director
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Screenplay, Director
On Tubi TV
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Director, Producer
The Small One
1978 · Producer, Director