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{{Short description|American filmmaker and animator (born 1937)}}
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{{Infobox person
| birthname          = Donald Virgil Bluth
| name               = Don Bluth
| image              = Don Bluth by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Bluth in 2025
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1937|9|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[Brigham Young University]]
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Film director
* animator
* producer
* writer
* production designer
* animation instructor
}}
| years_active       = 1955–present
| awards             = [[Inkpot Award]] (1983)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |title=Inkpot Award |publisher=[[Comic Con]] |date=December 6, 2012 }}</ref>
| employer           = {{plainlist|
* [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] (1955–1979)
* [[Filmation]] (1967–1970)
* [[Don Bluth Entertainment]] (1979–1995)
* [[Fox Animation Studios]] (1994–2000)
* Don Bluth Studios (2020–present)
}}
| notable works      = {{ubl|''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' (1982)|''[[An American Tail]]'' (1986)|''[[The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time]]'' (1988)|''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' (1989)|''[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]'' (1994)|''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'' (1997)|''[[Titan A.E.]]'' (2000)|''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' (1983)|''[[Space Ace]]'' (1984)}}
| family             = [[Pratt family]]
| relatives          = [[Toby Bluth]] <small>(brother)</small>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.donbluth.com/}}
}}

'''Donald Virgil Bluth''' ({{IPAc-en|b|l|uː|θ}} {{respell|BLOOTH}}; born September 13, 1937)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bendazzi |first=Giannalberto |date=October 2015 |title=Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style – The Three Markets |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |publisher=CRC Press |section=A Cat in the Heavy Traffic |isbn=978-1-317-51990-4 |quote=Among the directors of feature films, Don Bluth is noteworthy. Born in El Paso, Texas, on 13 September 1937, Bluth went to Disney in 1956 (...).}}</ref> is an American filmmaker, animator, video game designer and author. He came to prominence working for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] before creating his own film studio in the early 1980s. Bluth is known for directing the animated films ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'', ''[[An American Tail]]'', ''[[The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time]]'', ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'', ''[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]'', ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'' and ''[[Titan A.E.]]'', and for his involvement in the [[Laserdisc game|LaserDisc games]] ''[[Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)|Dragon's Lair]]'' and ''[[Space Ace]]''. [[Don Bluth Entertainment|Don Bluth Productions]] hired many animators away from Disney, and Bluth's films were a major competitor to Disney in the 1980s, leading up to the [[Disney Renaissance]].

==Early life==
Bluth was born on September 13, 1937 in [[El Paso, Texas]], to Emaline (née Pratt) and Virgil Roneal Bluth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Don Bluth|url=http://www.mormonsinbusiness.org/mormon_businessmen/don-bluth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115064455/http://www.mormonsinbusiness.org/mormon_businessmen/don-bluth|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2011|publisher=Mormons in Business|access-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> His maternal grandfather was [[Rey Pratt]] from the [[Pratt family]], whose own father [[Helaman Pratt]] was an early leader in [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] as well as a grandfather of [[George W. Romney]] and great-grandfather of [[Mitt Romney]]. He is of [[Swedish people|Swedish]], English, Irish, [[Scottish people|Scottish]], and German descent.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wargs.com/political/romney.html | title=The Ancestors of Mitt Romney | author=William Addams Reitwiesner | access-date=July 24, 2012}}</ref>

As a child in El Paso, he rode his horse to the town movie theater to watch Disney films. Bluth later said, "then I'd go home and copy every [[Disney comic book]] I could find".<ref name="cardwell19840218">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9aUfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1426%2C2440647 | title=Laser disc arcade games could become wave of the future | work=The Gadsden Times | date=February 1, 1984 | access-date=November 10, 2013 | author=Cardwell, Lynda | pages=A8}}</ref> At the age of six, his family moved to [[Payson, Utah]], where he lived on a family farm. Bluth has stated that he and his siblings do not communicate with each other as adults.<ref>{{cite web|work=Channel Awesome|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGpupHNRgag|title=Shut Up and Talk: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman| date=January 13, 2016 |access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref> In 1954, his family moved to [[Santa Monica, California]].{{sfn|Cawley|1990|page=[http://www.cataroo.com/DBbio.html 11]}} Bluth attended [[Brigham Young University]] in Utah for one year, and then returned later to complete a degree in English.<ref name=NYTimes8.1.76>{{cite news |last=Culhane |first=John |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/01/archives/the-old-disney-magic-can-a-new-generation-of-artists-make-audiences.html |title=The Old Disney Magic |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 1, 1976 |access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Early work ===
After graduating high school,<ref>{{cite web |title=Don Bluth University - About Don Bluth |url=https://www.donbluthuniversity.com/about.html |website=Don Bluth University website |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> Bluth was hired in 1955 by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] as an assistant to [[John Lounsbery]] for ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''. In 1957, Bluth left Disney, recalling he found the work to be "kind of boring".{{sfn|Cawley|1990|page=[http://www.cataroo.com/DBbio.html 13]}} For two and a half years, Bluth resided in [[Argentina]] on a [[missionary (LDS Church)|mission]] for [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. He returned to the United States where he opened a local theater in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]], producing musicals such as ''[[The Music Man]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.<ref name=NYTimes8.1.76/>

Bluth returned to college and earned a degree in English literature from Brigham Young University. In 1964, Bluth illustrated ''Affairs of the Harp'', a [[harp]] maintenance manual by Samuel O Pratt, with dozens of anthropomorphic cartoon harp characters he called "Harpoons".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pratt |first1=Samual O |others=Illustrated by Don Bluth |title=Affairs of the Harp |date=1964 |publisher=Charles Colin |location=New York}}</ref> In 1967, Bluth returned to the animation industry, and joined [[Filmation]] working on layouts for ''[[The Archie Show]]'' and ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''.<ref name=NYTimes8.1.76/> In 1971, he returned full-time to Disney as an animation trainee. His first project was ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'', in which he animated sequences of [[Robin Hood (Disney character)|Robin Hood]] stealing gold from [[John of England|Prince John]], rescuing a rabbit infant, and romancing [[Maid Marian]] near a waterfall.<ref name="MormonInfluence">{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=James Michael|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oM1B1VE-yMC&q=eric+larson+robin+hood&pg=PA59|title=Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon|chapter=The Mormon Influence at Disney|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger]]|year=2012|pages=58–61|isbn=978-0-313-39167-5}}</ref> For ''[[Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too]]'', he animated [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)#Disney adaptations|Rabbit]] alongside John Lounsbery.<ref name="MormonInfluence"/> During production on ''[[The Rescuers]]'', Bluth was promoted to directing animator alongside the remaining members of [[Disney's Nine Old Men]]. He then worked as an animation director on ''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]''. His last involvement with Disney was the short ''[[The Small One]]''. Meanwhile, he produced his first independent film, ''[[Banjo the Woodpile Cat]]''.

=== 1981–1985: Departure from Disney and early critical success ===
For ''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)|The Fox and the Hound]]'', Bluth animated several scenes of the character Widow Tweed. During production, creative differences between Bluth and studio executives had arisen concerning artistic control and animation training practices. On his 42nd birthday in 1979, Bluth resigned from the studio to establish his own [[List of animation studios|animation studio]], [[Don Bluth Productions]], along with [[Gary Goldman]], [[John Pomeroy]], and nine fellow Disney animators.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/20/archives/11-animators-quit-disney-form-studio-loyalty-is-cited.html |title=11 Animators Quit Disney, Form Studio |work=The New York Times |page=C14 |date=September 20, 1979 |access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="comicsjournal">{{cite magazine|last=Heintjes|first=Tom|title=Newswatch: Bluth animation firm goes bankrupt|url=https://www.tcj.com/tcj-archive/the-comics-journal-no-98-may-1985/|access-date=July 30, 2012|magazine=The Comics Journal|issue=98|page=19|date=May 1985}}</ref> To this end, Don Bluth Productions demonstrated its ability in its first production, a short film titled ''[[Banjo the Woodpile Cat]]'', and this led to work on an animated segment of the live-action film ''[[Xanadu (film)|Xanadu]]''. The studio's first feature-length film was ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''. Bluth employed 160 animators during the production and agreed to the first [[profit sharing]] contract in the animation industry.<ref name="comicsjournal" /> Though only a moderate success in the box office, the movie received critical acclaim. Later, with the home video release and cable showings, it became a cult classic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cawley|first=John|title=The Secret of N.I.M.H.|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBnimh.html|work=The Animated Films of Don Bluth|publisher=Cataroo.com|access-date=July 30, 2012|quote=The film developed a cult following which only increased with easy access via video and cable showings.}}</ref> Nevertheless, due to the modest gross and an industry-wide animation strike, Don Bluth Productions filed for bankruptcy.{{sfn|Cawley|1990|pages=[http://www.cataroo.com/DBvidgames.html 57–58]}}

His next film would have been an animated version of the Norwegian folk tale ''[[East of the Sun and West of the Moon#Film adaptations|East of the Sun and West of the Moon]]'', but the financial resources were drawn back and it was never made.<ref>{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Jerry|title=Don Bluth Goes Independent|url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.3/articles/beck1.3.html|access-date=August 10, 2012|newspaper=Animation World Magazine|date=June 1996|quote=That failure [of ''Secret of NIMH''] caused Aurora to back out of producing Bluth's next film, ''East of the Sun, West of the Moon''.}}</ref> In 1983, he, [[Rick Dyer (video game designer)|Rick Dyer]], Goldman, and Pomeroy started the Bluth Group and created the [[arcade game]] ''[[Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)|Dragon's Lair]]'', an [[on rails]] game which let the player choose between simple paths for an animated-[[cartoon]] character on screen (whose adventures were played off a [[LaserDisc]]). This was followed in 1984 by ''[[Space Ace]]'', a [[science fiction|science-fiction]] game based on the same technology, but which gave the player a choice of different routes to take through the story. Bluth not only created the animation for ''Space Ace'', but he also supplied the voice of the villain, Borf.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cawley|first=John|title=Space Ace|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBspace.html|work=The Animated Films of Don Bluth|publisher=Cataroo.com|access-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> Work on a ''Dragon's Lair'' sequel was underway when the video arcade business [[North American video game crash of 1983|crashed]]. Bluth's studio was left without a source of income and the Bluth Group filed for bankruptcy on March 1, 1985.<ref name="comicsjournal" /> A sequel called ''[[Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp]]'' was made in 1991, but it was rarely seen in [[video arcade|arcades]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dragon's Lair II|url=https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7648|publisher=The International Arcade Museum|access-date=August 10, 2012|quote=This game ranks a 24 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.}}</ref>

An adaptation of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' was also planned to be directed by Bluth in 1984, but the project was canceled by [[Columbia Pictures]] upon discovering that Walt Disney Pictures had plans for [[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|their own adaptation]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bluth |first=Don |title=Exposure sheet: Official newsletter of the Don Bluth Animation Fan Club |publisher=Don Bluth Studios |year=1984 |volume=5 |location=Tarzana, Los Angeles}}</ref> In 1985, Bluth, Pomeroy, and Goldman established, with businessman [[Morris Sullivan]], the [[Sullivan Bluth Studios]]. It initially operated from an animation facility in [[Van Nuys, California]], but later moved to [[Dublin]], Ireland, to take advantage of government investment and incentives. Sullivan Bluth Studios also helped boost animation as an industry within Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/drawing-conclusions-irish-animation-and-national-cinema/|title=Estudios Irlandeses – Drawing Conclusions: Irish Animation and National Cinema|website=estudiosirlandeses.org|language=es-ES|access-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref> Bluth and his colleagues taught an animation course at [[Ballyfermot Senior College]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 19, 2010|url=https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/an-animated-irish-invasion/|title=An Animated Irish Invasion|author=Melena Ryzik|work=The New York Times|date=March 3, 2010}}</ref>

=== 1986–1995: Affiliation with Steven Spielberg ===
Teaming up with producer [[Steven Spielberg]], Bluth's next project was ''[[An American Tail]]'', which at the time of its release became the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, grossing $45 million in the United States and over $84 million worldwide.<ref name="americantail">{{cite web|last=Cawley|first=John|title=An American Tail|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html|work=The Animated Films of Don Bluth|publisher=Cataroo.com|access-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> The second Spielberg-Bluth collaboration ''[[The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time]]'' did even better in theaters, and both found a successful life on home video.<ref name="americantail" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Cawley|first=John|title=The Land Before Time|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBland.html|work=The Animated Films of Don Bluth|publisher=Cataroo.com|access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> The main character in ''An American Tail'' (Fievel Mouskewitz) became the mascot for [[Amblimation]] while ''The Land Before Time'' was followed by thirteen direct-to-video sequels and the animated series (none of which had any involvement from Bluth or Spielberg). Bluth ended his working relationship with Spielberg before his next film, ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' and was not involved with ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'', the first film produced by Spielberg's new [[Amblimation]] studio. Although ''All Dogs Go To Heaven'' only had moderate theatrical success, it was highly successful in its release to home video.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cawley|first=John|title=All Dogs Go To Heaven|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBdogs.html|work=The Animated Films of Don Bluth|publisher=Cataroo.com|access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103084802/http://www.cataroo.com/DBdogs.html|archive-date=January 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also directed films, such as ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'', ''[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]'', ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]'', and ''[[The Pebble and the Penguin]]'', which were all critical and box office failures; however, ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'' would find greater success on home video.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sell-Through Soaring |first=Marc |last=Berman |url=https://variety.com/1992/digital/features/sell-through-soaring-100742/ |date=November 1, 1992 |website=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421035629/https://variety.com/1992/digital/features/sell-through-soaring-100742/ |archive-date=2021-04-21 |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/90s-animated-films-loved-forgotten/|title=25 Animated Films '90s Kids Loved (But Totally Forgot About)|first1=Evan|last1=Hopkins|first2=Fawzia|last2=Khan|first3=Jordan|last3=Iacobucci|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=May 6, 2024|accessdate=May 17, 2024}}</ref>

=== 1990s–2000: Youth theater and Fox Animation Studios ===
In the 1990s, Bluth began hosting youth theater productions in the living room of his Scottsdale, Arizona, home. As the popularity of these productions grew and adults expressed their wishes to become involved, Bluth formed an adult and youth theatre troupe called Don Bluth Front Row Theatre. The troupe's productions were presented in Bluth's home until 2012, when their administrative team leased a space off Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale and converted it into a small theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/don-bluth-front-row-theatre-in-scottsdale-needs-50-000-to-stay-open-8418740|title=Don Bluth Front Row Theatre in Scottsdale Needs $50,000 to Stay Open|first=Lynn|last=Trimble|date=July 7, 2016}}</ref>

Bluth scored a hit in 1997 with ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'', produced at [[Fox Animation Studios]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], which grossed nearly US$140 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anastasia (1997)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4014179841/weekend/|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> In a positive review of the film, critic [[Roger Ebert]] observed that its creators "consciously include[d] the three key ingredients in the big Disney hits: action, romance, and music". ''Anastasia'' became Don Bluth's most commercially successful film and it established [[20th Century Fox]] as a Disney competitor until 2019, when Disney purchased the company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Anastasia|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19971121/REVIEWS/711210301/1023|access-date=July 31, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=November 21, 1997}}</ref>

Despite the success of ''Anastasia'', Bluth resumed his string of box office failures with ''[[Titan A.E.]]'', which made less than $37 million worldwide in 2000 despite an estimated $75 million budget.<ref>{{cite web|title=Titan A.E. (2000)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3681846785/weekend/|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> In 2000, 20th Century Fox Studios shut down the Fox Animation Studio facility in Phoenix, making ''Titan A.E.'' the last American-made traditionally animated film released by 20th Century Fox in theaters to be fully animated and not a live-action/animation hybrid until the release of 2007's ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=20th Century Fox Feature Films (Fox Animation Studios) Animated Theatrical Cartoons (1977–)|url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/20th_Century_Fox/Feature_Films/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118040928/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/20th_Century_Fox/Feature_Films/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2013|publisher=The Big Cartoon Database|access-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> It also stands as Bluth's most recent theatrical film as a director.

=== 2002–2011 ===
In 2002, Bluth and video game company [[Ubisoft]] developed the video game ''[[Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair]]'', an attempt to recreate the feel of the original ''Dragon's Lair'' LaserDisc game in a more interactive, three-dimensional environment. Reviews were mixed, with critics both praising and panning the controls and storyline, but the visuals were noteworthy, using groundbreaking [[Cel-shaded animation|cel-shading]] techniques that lent the game a hand-animated feel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/dragons-lair-3d-return-to-the-lair/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> {{as of|2012||}},<ref>{{cite news|last=Arrant|first=Chris|title=EXCLUSIVE: Don Bluth Talks About His Return To "Dragon's Lair"|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/exclusive-don-bluth-talks-about-his-return-to-dragons-lair.html|access-date=July 25, 2012|newspaper=Cartoon Brew|date=April 5, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509041052/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/exclusive-don-bluth-talks-about-his-return-to-dragons-lair.html|archive-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> Don Bluth and Gary Goldman were seeking funding for a film version of ''Dragon's Lair''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Kevin|title=Don Bluth trying to make Dragon's Lair movie|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/01/don-bluth-trying-to-make-dragons-lair-movie|access-date=July 25, 2012|newspaper=Joystiq|date=May 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Weinberg|first=Scott|title=Don Bluth Still Wants to Make a 'Dragon's Lair' Movie|url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2007/04/29/don-bluth-still-wants-to-make-a-dragons-lair-movie/|access-date=July 25, 2012|newspaper=Moviefone|date=April 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008061112/http://blog.moviefone.com/2007/04/29/don-bluth-still-wants-to-make-a-dragons-lair-movie/|archive-date=October 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> After apparently sitting in development for over a decade, the project raised over $570,000 via a successful crowdfunding campaign in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dragons Lair Returns &#124; Indiegogo|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns#/|website=Indiegogo|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> Bluth and Goldman continued to work in video games and were hired to create the in-game cinematics for [[Namco]]'s ''[[I-Ninja]]'', released in 2003. In October 2004, [[Polydor Records]] released the song "[[Mary (Scissor Sisters song)|Mary]]", by the [[Scissor Sisters]], which was accompanied by a music video for which Bluth did the animation.<ref>{{cite news|author=Paolo|title=Don Bluth animates Scissor Sisters video|url=https://animatedviews.com/2004/don-bluth-animates-scissor-sisters-video/|access-date=July 25, 2012|newspaper=Animated Views|date=October 2, 2004}}</ref>

The following month, [[Dark Horse Books]] released Bluth's ''The Art of Storyboard''.<ref name="SVALibrary">{{cite web|url=https://sva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01VISUAL_INST:01VISUAL&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=LibraryCatalog&docid=alma99714843406006|title=Don Bluth's art of animation drawing|publisher=[[School of Visual Arts]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=April 21, 2024|archive-date=April 21, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240421074529/https://sva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01VISUAL_INST:01VISUAL&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=LibraryCatalog&docid=alma99714843406006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/donbluthsartofstoryboarding/mode/2up|title=Don Bluth's Art Of Storyboarding|author=Bluth, Don|language=en-US|date=2004|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|access-date=April 21, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> This was followed in May 2005 by the companion book, ''The Art of Animation Drawing''.<ref name="SVALibrary" /> In 2009, Bluth was asked to produce storyboards for, and to direct, the 30-minute Saudi Arabian festival film ''Gift of the Hoopoe''. He ultimately had little say in the animation and content of the film and asked that he not be credited as the director or producer. Despite this, he was credited as the director.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gift of the Hoopoe -Recent film of Don Bluth?|url=https://donbluthanimation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=559|access-date=July 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310143446/http://donbluthanimation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=559|archive-date=March 10, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Bluth and his game development company [[Square One Studios]] worked with [[Warner Bros.]] Digital Distribution to develop a modern reinterpretation of the 1983 arcade classic ''[[Tapper (arcade game)|Tapper]]'', titled ''[[Tapper World Tour]]''.

=== 2015–present: return to animation ===
In October 2015, Bluth and Goldman started a [[Kickstarter]] campaign in hopes of resurrecting hand-drawn animation by creating an animated feature-length film of ''[[Dragon's Lair]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donbluth/dragons-lair-the-movie?ref=video|title=Dragon's Lair: The Movie (Canceled)|website=Kickstarter|date=October 26, 2015 }}</ref> Bluth plans for the film to provide more backstory for Dirk and Daphne and show that she is not a "blonde airhead".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragons-lair-movie-wont-depict-sexualized-version-/1100-6433325/|title=Dragon's Lair Movie Won't Depict "Sexualized" Version of Princess Daphne|work=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> The Kickstarter funding was canceled when not enough funds had been made close to the deadline, but an [[Indiegogo]] page for the project was created in its place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns/x/12369452|title=Dragon's Lair Returns|website=[[Indiegogo]]}}</ref> Two months later, Indiegogo campaign reached its goal of $250,000, 14 days after the campaign launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns#/updates|title=Dragon's Lair Returns|website=[[Indiegogo]]}}</ref> As of February 2018, the total exceeded $728,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns#/|title=Dragon's Lair Returns|website=[[Indiegogo]]}}</ref> A live-action ''Dragon's Lair'' film starring [[Ryan Reynolds]] was announced to be released in 2020, but it ended up being postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/dragons-lair-movie-ryan-reynolds/|title=Netflix requires rights to the Dragon's Lair film|work=[[/Film]]|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> Bluth was listed as a producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/28/21198013/dragons-lair-movie-netflix-ryan-reynolds-don-bluth-live-action|title=Dragon's Lair movie coming to Netflix, with Ryan Reynolds starring|website=Polygon|date=March 28, 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, Bluth launched a new animation studio called Don Bluth Studios with animator and vice president of the company Lavalle Lee, founder of traditionalanimation.com. His goal is to bring a "renaissance of hand-drawn animation", in the belief that there is an audience demand for it. His first project is called ''Bluth's Fables'', an anthology of short stories written, narrated, and drawn by Bluth. The stories are intended to stylistically resemble [[Aesop's Fables]] and [[nursery rhyme]]s. The studio's productions are live-streamed first, and then uploaded to [[YouTube]]. ''Bluth's Fables'' is done with pencil tests and then traced and colored in [[Clip Studio Paint]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=BLUTH FABLES – NEW CONCEPT BY THE NEWLY FORMED DON BLUTH STUDIOS |url=https://www.traditionalanimation.com/2020/bluth-fables-new-concept-by-the-newly-formed-don-bluth-studios/ |last=Lee |first=Lavalle |website=Traditional Animation |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hakim |first=Nicole |url=https://www.cbr.com/don-bluth-studio-renaissance-hand-drawn-animation/ |title=Don Bluth Launches New Studio, Hopeful for a 'Renaissance of Hand-Drawn Animation' |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Don Bluth Forms New 'Totally Transparent' 2D Studio|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/don-bluth-forms-new-totally-transparent-2d-studio/|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|work=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> Bluth's memoir, ''Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life'', was released on July 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/DonBluth/status/1471941219416559620|user=DonBluth |title=I am very excited to announce the publication of my autobiography, "Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life". The pre-order is now available. I think, for anyone going into the art of animation, this is a must-read. I hope you enjoy it. |number=1471941219416559620 |date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203230/https://twitter.com/DonBluth/status/1471941219416559620 |via=[[Twitter]] |url-status=live}}</ref> His first children's picture book, ''Yuki, Star of the Sea'', was released on April 1, 2024. It tells the story of a whale who is captured and taken to Hollywood to become a movie star.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.donbluthstudios.com/|title=Don Bluth Studios|website=www.donbluthstudios.com}}</ref>

== Unproduced projects ==
{{BLP sources|date=March 2019}}
Throughout Bluth's career, there were many projects that ended up unproduced or unfinished due to studio closures, his severed partnership with Steven Spielberg, or the [[video game crash of 1983]]. Many art designs, filmed animation tests and videos of these unfinished projects still circulate online.

=== Unproduced films ===
The earliest of Bluth's unfinished film projects is a [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]-produced animated short film adaptation of the fairy tale ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' from the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WHDRFl0rSs|title=Sections of Piper Short|date=August 11, 2008 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=940981302722887680|user=DonBluth|title=ENROLL TODAY! Get a full year of ONLINE classes from Master Animator &amp; Director Don Bluth! Classes start Feb 6th, 2…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=December 13, 2017}}</ref> After ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'', Bluth began developing an animated feature film adaptation of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''. While a few scenes were produced in 1984, the film's production was officially cancelled in 1989, when Don Bluth and the film's distributor [[Columbia Pictures]] heard the news of Disney beginning work on their [[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|own animated adaptation]].{{sfn|Cawley|1990|page=[http://www.cataroo.com/DBbeyond.html 149]}} That same time, Bluth began developing an animated adaptation of ''[[East of the Sun and West of the Moon]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Culhane |first=John |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/04/movies/special-effects-are-revolutionizing-film.html |title=Special Effects Are Revolutionizing Film |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 4, 1982}}</ref> Ultimately, the film was never made due to a loss of financial backing.<ref name="comicsjournal" /> Following Don Bluth's partnership with Steven Spielberg, 1986's ''[[An American Tail]]'' was released as Bluth's second film instead. During production of ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'', Bluth also animated a [[demo reel]] of ''Jawbreaker'', a proposed television series by Phil Mendez of a boy who finds a magical tooth.<ref name="”Jawbreaker” Story">{{cite web |url=http://dragonslairthemovie.com/jawbreaker-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430124613/http://dragonslairthemovie.com/jawbreaker-story/|archive-date=April 30, 2019|title="Jawbreaker" Story}}</ref> The series however, was not greenlit.

Two more films were planned during Bluth's partnership with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. The first film was an animated adaptation of ''[[The Velveteen Rabbit]]'', a story about an abandoned toy rabbit in pursuit of its child owner. The second film was ''Satyrday'', based on a story by Steven Bauer about a young boy in a fantasy world who defends the moon and sun from evil forces.{{sfn|Cawley|1990|pages=[http://www.cataroo.com/DBbeyond.html 149–150]}} Some of the film's concepts were later realized as the 2014 French animated film ''[[Mune: Guardian of the Moon]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} After his partnership with Spielberg ended, Bluth began planning another film titled ''The Little Blue Whale'' with screenwriter [[Robert Towne]]. The planned film was about a little girl and her animal friends who try to protect a little whale from evil whalers.{{sfn|Cawley|1990|page=[http://www.cataroo.com/DBbeyond.html 149]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ecollections.scad.edu/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000249 |title=The Little Blue Whale – Color Keys (part 1): Storyboards 4–45 |website=SCAD Libraries}}</ref> Other unrealized projects also included plans for an animated short film centered around a magical talking pencil starring [[Dom DeLuise]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ecollections.scad.edu/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000076 |title=The Magic Pencils – Character Sketch |website=SCAD Libraries}}</ref> animated film adaptations of the books ''[[Quintaglio Ascension]]'', ''[[The Belgariad]]'', and  ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. The latter productions were canceled following the box office failure of ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' and subsequent closure of [[Fox Animation Studios]]. In 2005, a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|live-action ''Hitchhiker's'' film]] was released by [[Touchstone Pictures]].

=== Unproduced games ===
Following the success of ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' in 1983, Don Bluth began plans for seven more arcade games: "The Sea Beast", "Jason and the Golden Fleece", "Devil's Island", "Haywire", "Drac", "Cro Magnon", and "Sorceress". Due to the budgeting issues and the [[Video game crash of 1983|1983 video game crash]], these projects were abandoned. The sequel to ''Dragon's Lair'', ''[[Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp]]'', would be shelved until its eventual release in 1991.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=664179126303985664|user=DonBluth|title=Don Bluth's game concept posters made in 1984. Support Dragon's Lair Kickstarter!|date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> [[Blitz Games]] planned a video game adaptation of ''Titan A.E.'' for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Microsoft Windows|PC]] in fall 2000 in North America, following the film's summer release.<ref name="game">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/23/titan-ae-3|title=Titan A.E.|website=[[IGN]]|date=June 22, 2000|first=Perry|last=Douglas C.|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> Development on both platforms had begun in March 1999 under the film's original title ''Planet Ice'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_blitz|title=Philip Oliver of Blitz Games|website=[[Eurogamer]]|date=November 8, 2000|author=Gestalt|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> and an early playable version was showcased at the 2000 [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="game" /> In July 2000, a spokesman from the game's publisher, [[Fox Interactive]], announced that development on the title had been halted largely due to the film's poor box office performance which was "only one of many different factors" that led to its cancellation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/27/titan-ae-canned|title=Titan A.E. Canned|website=[[IGN]]|date=July 26, 2000|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> A sequel to the 2003 game ''[[I-Ninja]]'' was planned, which had input from Bluth. Work on the sequel started soon after the first game's release, but its studio [[Argonaut Games]] had some economic problems and eventually closed down in October 2004. The few aspects remaining from ''I-Ninja 2''{{'s}} development are some concept drawings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2009/12/03/i-ninja-2-ps2-xbox-gamecube-cancelled/|title=I-Ninja 2 Cancelled|website=Unseen64|date=December 3, 2009 |access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> A project called ''Pac-Man Adventures'' was originally planned in partnership with [[Namco]] around 2003 but was scrapped due to financial problems on Namco's part leading to their merger with [[Bandai]] in 2007 and whatever development assets were left over was made into ''[[Pac-Man World 3]]'' with no involvement from Bluth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ecollections.scad.edu/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000278 |title=Pac-Man Adventures -- Don Bluth's Character and Environment designs |website=SCAD Libraries}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=DonBluth |number=677270407037059072 |title=Check out these storyboard concept cut scenes for an interactive Pac-man game back in 2004.<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=December 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411172723/https://twitter.com/DonBluth/status/677270407037059072 |archive-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Filmmaking credits ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="4" |Functioned as
|-
![[Film director|Director]]
![[Film producer|Producer]]
![[Screenwriter|Writer]]
!Other credits
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Small One]]'' <small>(short film)</small>
|1978
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|[[animator]]: auction scene - uncredited
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Banjo the Woodpile Cat]]'' <small>(short film, [[Television film|direct-to-TV]])</small>
|1979
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|[[animator]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''
|1982
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|Layout Artist / Directing Animator
|-
! scope="row" |''[[An American Tail]]''
|1986
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Title Designer
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time]]''
|1988
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|production designer / storyboard artist
|-
! scope="row" |''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]''
|1989
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|production designer / storyboard artist / voice role: Policeman (uncredited)
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]''
|1991
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|storyboard artist / [[animator]] (uncredited)
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]''
| rowspan="2" |1994
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[A Troll in Central Park]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|voice role: Trolls - uncredited
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Pebble and the Penguin]]''
|1995
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|(uncredited)
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]''
|1997
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Bartok the Magnificent]]'' <small>([[direct-to-video]])</small>
|1999
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Titan A.E.]]''
|2000
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Most recent theatrical film
|-
! scope="row" |[[Scissor Sisters]] – "[[Mary (Scissor Sisters song)|''Mary'']]" <small>([[music video]])</small>
|2004
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|animation director
|-
! scope="row" |''Gift of the Hoopoe'' <small>(short film)</small>
|2009
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|nominally director / storyboard artist
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Dragon's Lair (film)|Dragon's Lair: The Movie]]''
| TBA
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|}

=== Animation department ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+
!Title
!Year(s)
!Role
!Characters
!Notes
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''
|1959
|inbetween artist
|
|uncredited
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Fantastic Voyage (TV series)|Fantastic Voyage]]'' <small>([[Television show|television series]])</small>
|1968–69
|layout artist
|
|17 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Archie Show]]'' <small>(television series)</small>
|1969
|production designer
|
|special episode ''Archie and His New Pals''
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970 TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'' <small>(television series)</small>
|1969–72
|layout artist
|
|58 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down]]'' <small>(television series)</small>
| rowspan="3" |1970
|layout artist
|
|episode "Computer Suitor"
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Groovie Goolies]]'' <small>(television series)</small>
|layout artist
|
|16 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |''Lost and Foundation'' <small>(short film)</small>
|layout artist
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''Train Terrain'' <small>(short film)</small>
|1971
|layout artist
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Journey Back to Oz]]''
|1972
|layout artist
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]''
|1973
|character animator
|[[Robin Hood (Disney character)|Robin Hood]], Skippy, Sis and Tagalong
| 
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too]]''
|1974
|[[animator]]
|[[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)#Disney adaptations|Rabbit]]
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)|Escape to Witch Mountain]]''
|1975
|[[animator]]: titles
|
|uncredited
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
|1977
|[[animator]]
|[[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)#Disney adaptations|Rabbit]]
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Rescuers]]''
|1977
|directing animator
|Bernard and Miss Bianca
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]''
|1977
|animation director
|Elliott
| 
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Xanadu (film)|Xanadu]]''
|1980
|[[animator]]: animation sequence unit
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Fox and the Hound]]''
|1981
|[[animator]]
|Widow Tweed
|uncredited
|-
! scope="row" |''You Are Mine'' <small>(short film)</small>
|2002
|storyboard artist 
|
|{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|-
! scope="row" |''Circus Sam'' <small>(short film)</small>
|2019
|[[animator]]
|
|{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
|}

== Video games ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="3" |Functioned as
|-
!Director
!Producer
!Other credits
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)|Dragon's Lair]]''
| rowspan="2" |1983
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|[[animator]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Space Ace]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|voice role: Borf / game designer
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp]]''
|1991
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair]]''
|2002
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|intro and ending: animation director / background artist
|-
! scope="row" |''[[I-Ninja]]''
|2003
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|cinematics: director / storyboard artist
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Tapper World Tour]]''
|2011
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|[[animator]]
|}

== Bibliography ==
* ''Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life'' (2022)
* ''Yuki, Star of the Sea: A Don Bluth Fable'' (2023)

== See also ==
{{Portal |Animation|Disney|20th Century Studios}}
* [[Don Bluth Entertainment]]
* [[Fox Animation Studios]]
* [[Sony Pictures Animation]]
* [[Threshold Entertainment]]
* [[Vanguard Animation]]
* [[Worker Studio]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last=Cawley |first=John |title=The Animated Films of Don Bluth |year=1990 |publisher=Image Pub of New York |isbn=0-685-50334-8 |url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBconts.html/ |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026085457/http://www.cataroo.com/DBconts.html |url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book |last=Grant |first=John Grant |year=2000 |title=Masters of Animation |publisher=[[Watson-Guptill]] |isbn=0-8230-3041-5}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.donbluthanimation.com/}}
* {{YouTube|user=DonBluthProductions}}
* {{IMDb name|89940}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070723032930/http://www.thedoteaters.com/p2_stage6.php The Dot Eaters entry] on Bluth and the development of ''Dragon's Lair''
* [https://adammcdaniel.com/DonBluth/Don_Bluth_Interview.htm Remembering NIMH] An interview with Don Bluth Studios about the making of ''The Secret of NIMH''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301202755/http://manvsart.com/man-vs-art-episode-28-animation-legend-don-bluth-interview-part-1/ Don Bluth Interview Part 1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714031648/http://manvsart.com/man-vs-art-episode-29-don-bluth-interview-pt-2-plus-webcomic-diva-onezumi-hartstein/ Part 2] about his influences and the making of ''Dragon's Lair''
* [https://osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com/vocabulary?keyword=Bluth%2C+Don%2C+1937-&letter=B&searchtype=creator&showsearch=true Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database]

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