Don Bluth

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.

Directed

1. Anastasia (1997) — Director
2. The Land Before Time (1988) — Director
3. An American Tail (1986) — Director
4. Titan A.E. (2000) — Director
5. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) — Director
6. The Secret of NIMH (1982) — Director
7. Thumbelina (1994) — Director
8. Rock-A-Doodle (1991) — Director
9. Bartok the Magnificent (1999) — Director
10. A Troll in Central Park (1994) — Director
11. The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) — Director
12. The Small One (1978) — Director
13. Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979) — Director
14. Gift of the Hoopoe (2009) — Director
15. Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1991) — Director
16. Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - Pitch Presentation (2017) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — Self (archive footage)
2. Going Back to Xanadu (2008)
3. Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There (2025) — Self