Don Bluth

Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth (born September 13, 1937) is an American animator, producer, director and video game designer best known for his films "The Secret Of NIMH" (1982), "An American Tail (1986) and "All Dogs Go To Heaven" (1989)
Bluth started his career at Disney in 1955 as an in-between artist on Sleeping Beauty (1959), by the early 1970's he had become an animator, in 1975 he became a directing director on films and shorts such as The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh (1977), The Rescuers (1977 film), Pete's Dragon (1977) and The Small One (1978).
Between 1974 and 1979 Bluth along with the younger Disney animators John Pomeroy and Gary Goldman worked secretly on the short film "Banjo The Woodpile Cat" (1979).
IN 1976-77 Bluth approached Ron Miller (then head of Disney) about making a animated feature based on Robert C. O'Brien's novel "Mrs. Frisby and The Rats Of N.I.M.H but Miller turned it down, from then on Bluth and Miller's working relationship cooled, in 1979 Bluth, Pomeroy and Goldman left Disney.
=== Filmography ===
==== Animation department[edit source ====
Title 	Year(s)	Role 	Characters 	Notes
Sleeping Beauty 	1959 	inbetween artist 	 	uncredited
Fantastic Voyage (television series) 	1968–69	layout artist 	 	17 episodes
The Archie Show (television series) 	1969 	production designer 	 	special episode Archie and His New Pals
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (television series) 	1969–72	layout artist 	 	58 episodes
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (television series)	1970 	layout artist 	 	episode "Computer Suitor"
Groovie Goolies (television series) 	1970 	layout artist 	 	16 episodes
Lost and Foundation (short film) 	1970 	layout artist 	 	
Train Terrain (short film) 	1971 	layout artist 	 	
Journey Back to Oz 	1972 	layout artist 	 	
Robin Hood 	1973 	character animator 	Robin Hood, Skippy, Sissy and Tagalong	
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 	1974 	animator 	Rabbit 	
Escape to Witch Mountain 	1975 	animator: titles 	 	uncredited
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 	1977 	animator 	Rabbit 	
The Rescuers 	1977 	directing animator 	Bernard, Miss Bianca and Penny 	
Pete's Dragon 	1977 	animation director 	Elliot 	
Xanadu 	1980 	animator: animation sequence unit	 	
The Fox and the Hound 	1981 	animator 	 	uncredited
You Are Mine (short film) 	2002 	storyboard artist 	 	
Circus Sam (short film) 	2019 	animator 	 	
==== Filmmaking credits ====
Title 	Year	Functioned as	Functioned as	Functioned as	Functioned as
Title 	Year	Director 	Producer 	Writer 	Other credits
The Small One (short film) 	1978	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	animator: auction scene - uncredited
Banjo the Woodpile Cat (short film, direct-to-TV)	1979	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	animator
The Secret of NIMH 	1982	Yes 	Yes 	Story 	layout artist / directing animator / visual development artist (uncredited)
An American Tail 	1986	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	production designer / storyboard artist / title designer
The Land Before Time 	1988	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	production designer / storyboard artist / title designer (uncredited)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 	1989	Yes 	Yes 	Story 	production designer / storyboard artist / voice role: Policeman (uncredited)
Rock-a-Doodle 	1991	Yes 	Yes 	Story 	storyboard artist / animator (uncredited)
Thumbelina 	1994	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
A Troll in Central Park 	1994	Yes 	Yes 	Story 	voice role: Trolls - uncredited
The Pebble and the Penguin 	1995	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
Anastasia 	1997	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
Bartok the Magnificent (direct-to-video) 	1999	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
Titan A.E. 	2000	Yes 	Yes 	No 	Most recent theatrical film
Scissor Sisters – "Mary" (music video) 	2004	Yes 	No 	No 	animation director
Gift of the Hoopoe (short film) 	2009	Yes 	No 	No 	nominally director / storyboard artist
			
			
			
			
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