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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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James D. Bissell to Marlon Brando
Don Bluth Biography (1938-)
Born September 13, 1938, in El Paso, TX. Career: Animator, director, producer, and writer. Disney Studios, animator, 1956; Filmation, animator, 1967; Disney Studios, animator, 1971-79; Don Bluth Productions, founder, 1979, co-director, 1979-85; Sullivan Bluth Studios, Van Nuys, CA, animator, 1985; Sullivan Bluth Studios, Dublin, Ireland, animator, 1986--. Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media, co-producer of interactive arcade games, including Dragon'sLair and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, both 1984, and Space Ace.
Awards, Honors: Time-Machine Honorary Award, Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain, 1993; Annie Award nomination, outstandingindividual achievement for directing in an animated feature (with Gary Goldman) and Golden Satellite Award nomination, best motion picture--animated or mixed media (with Gary Goldman), both 1998, for Anastasia.
Addresses: Office: Fox Animation Studios, 1747 East Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85016-4322.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Animator, Director, Producer, Writer
- Birth Details
- September 13, 1938
- El Paso, Texas, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Animator, Robin Hood, Buena Vista, 1973
- Animator (with others) and director of animation, The Rescuers, Buena Vista, 1977
- Animator (with others) and director of animation, Pete's Dragon, Buena Vista, 1977
- Producer and director, The Small One, Buena Vista, 1978
- Animator, Xanadu, Universal, 1980
- Producer (with Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy), director, and director ofanimation, The Secret of Nimh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
- Producer (with Goldman and Pomeroy), director, and production designer, An American Tail, Universal, 1986
- Producer (with Goldman and Pomeroy), director, and production designer, The Land before Time, Universal, 1988
- Producer (with Goldman and Pomeroy), director (with Goldman and Don Kuenster), and production designer (with Larry Leker), All Dogs Go to Heaven, United Artists, 1989
- Producer (with Goldman and Pomeroy) and director, Rock-a-Doodle, Samuel Goldwyn, 1992
- Producer and director, Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, Warner Bros., 1994
- Producer and director, The Pebble and the Penguin, 1994
- Producer and director, A Troll in Central Park, Warner Bros., 1994
- Producer and director, Anastasia, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
- Producer and director, Planet Ice, 2000
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Television Work
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Specials
- Producer and director, Banjo, the Woodpile Cat, 1982
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- Songwriter, The Small One, Buena Vista, 1978
- (With Goldman, Pomeroy, and Will Finn) The Secret of Nimh (based on the novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.M.H. by Robert C. O'Brien), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
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Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, Warner Bros., 1994
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Television Specials
- Story, music, and lyrics for Banjo, the Woodpile Cat, 1982
Further Reference
Adaptations:
- The film All Dogs Go to Heaven, released by United Artists in 1989, was based on a story by Bluth, David N. Weiss, Ken Cromar, and others. Thefilm Rock-a-Doodle, released by Samuel Goldwyn in 1992, was based on astory by Bluth, Weiss, John Pomeroy, and others.
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Business Wire, December 17, 1998, p. 1109.*
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