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Don Bluth

Don Bluth

Born: 1937-09-13 • 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 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
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Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There
2025 • Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty poster
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 • Self (archive footage)
Going Back to Xanadu poster
Going Back to Xanadu
2008