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Don Bluth


Name
Donald Virgil Bluth
Birthplace
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Birth date
September 13, 1937 (1937-09-13) (age 86)


Donald Virgil Bluth (born September 13, 1937) is an American animator and
independent studio owner.

He was born in El Paso, Texas and became one of the chief animators at Warner
Bros. Animation. Along with fellow animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, he
set out in 1979 to start his own animation studio, Don Bluth Productions. His
style is rougher and more lively than that of Warner Bros. films, and his films
tend to have a mystical element to them.

Teaming up with Rick Dyer, Bluth created the groundbreaking arcade game Dragon's
Lair (1983), which let the player control a cartoon-animated character on screen
(whose adventures were played off a laserdisc). This was followed in 1984 by
Space Ace, a science-fiction game based on the same technology, but which gave
the player a choice of different routes to take through the story; and Dragon's
Lair II: Time Warp, a sequel which was very rare in arcades.

His next three films, An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988) and
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), did well in theaters and became animation
classics. Each movie launched a line of sequels, most of which were released
direct-to-video, and none of which Bluth worked on. But by the end of the decade
and through the 1990s, Bluth films such as Rock-A-Doodle, the 1992s films such
as Thumbelina and A Troll in Central Park, the 1995 film The Pebble and the
Penguin had dropped significantly when it came to box office returns.

Bluth scored another hit with Anastasia (1997) + Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
which grossed US$140 million worldwide in part because it used well-known
Hollywood stars as its voice talent and stuck closer to long-proven Disney
formulas: a sassy and resourceful princess driven to become more than she is, a
cruel and conniving villain who uses dark magic, a handsome and endearing love
interest, and a comic-relief sidekick. However, this was followed by the
financially-disastrous Titan A.E. in 2000.

A recent attempt to capitalize on Dragon's Lair nostalgia by releasing the
computer game Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (2003) was unsuccessful; the
game was panned by critics as being flat and uninteresting, despite
groundbreaking cel-shading techniques that lent the game a hand-animated feel.
Don Bluth and Gary Goldman are currently seeking funding for a film version of
Dragon's Lair.

In 2004, Bluth produced an animated scene for the music video "Mary", by the
Scissor Sisters. The band contacted Bluth after having recalled fond memories of
the sequence from Xanadu.

Bluth has also authored a series of books for students of animation: 2004's The
Art of Storyboard, and 2005's The Art of Animation Drawing. Additional books are
planned.

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TRIVIA[]

 * In the 1990s, Bluth began screening his films to test audiences. His film
   Thumbelina tested significantly better with audiences when it was screened
   with a Warner Bros. logo at the start.

 * Bluth is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. the
   secet of nimh (rainbow screen partners II)
 * an american tail (rainbow sceen partners III
 * the pebble and the penguin (rainbow screen partners IIXV)
 * the land before time (rainbow screen partners IXV) 
 * don bluth televison animation 
 * universal studios 
 * an all dogs christmas carol
 * pete's dragon
 * mickey's house of villains


EXTERNAL LINKS[]

 * Official site, DonBluth.com
 * The IMDb entry on Bluth
 * Detailed Info on Don Bluth's Films including a biography
 * The Dot Eaters entry on Bluth and the development of Dragon's Lair
 * Digital Press interview with Dragon's Lair animator Don Bluth

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Don Bluth

Video games: Dragon's Lair (1983) • Space Ace (1984) • Dragon's Lair II: Time
Warp (1991)
Animated films: The Small One (1978) • Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979) •
The Secret of NIMH (1982) • An American Tail (1986) •
The Land Before Time (1988) • All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) •
Rock-a-Doodle (1990) • Thumbelina (1993) • A Troll in Central Park (1994) •
The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) • Anastasia (1997) •
Bartok the Magnificent (1999) • Titan A.E. (2000) 
Related articles: Sullivan Bluth Studios • Fox Animation Studios

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