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Donald Virgil Bluth (born September 13
1937) is an
United States animator and independent studio owner.
Bluth was born in El Paso, Texas and became one of the chief animators at
The Walt Disney Company. Along with fellow animators
Gary Goldman and
John Pomeroy, he set out in 1979 to start his own List of animation studios, Don Bluth Productions. His style tends toward rougher and more energetic portrayals than that of Disney films, and tend to have a mystical element to them.
The first film he worked as an assistant animator on was
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film), for which he was uncredited. He would not return to Disney until in the 1970s, when he was an animator on
Robin Hood (1973 film),
The Rescuers,
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and
Pete's Dragon. His last involvement with Disney was the 1978 short
The Small One; he drew a few scenes for
The Fox and the Hound (film), but left early in production and brought several other Disney animators with him to form a rival studio, allegedly upset with how the Disney animated features had "lost their charm" at the time. This new studio 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) (1980) and then to its first feature-length
animation,
The Secret of NIMH (1982). Although it only grossed twice its budget at the box office many consider this film to be Bluth's masterpiece.
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 (Don not only created the animation for
Space Ace, he also supplied the voice of the villain, Borf), and
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, a sequel which was very rare in
video arcade.
His next two films,
An American Tail (1986) and
The Land Before Time (1988) did well in theaters and became animation classics. Each of these films launched a line of direct-to-video sequels, none of which Bluth had any involvement with. Although many of Bluth's fans loved his next film,
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), it flopped, as Disney's groundbreaking film
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) and
Universal's blockbuster
Back to the Future Part II were both released the same year, but it still became a cult classic. By the end of the decade and through the 1990s, Bluth films such as
Rock-A-Doodle,
Thumbelina (film),
A Troll in Central Park, and
The Pebble and the Penguin had dropped significantly when it came to box office returns.
Bluth scored another hit with
Anastasia (1997 movie) (1997), which grossed
United States dollar140 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. This was followed by the animated space adventure,
Titan A.E. in
2000 in film. It utilized cutting-edge techniques, which melded sophisticated 2D animation with 3D computer graphics, and
Computer-generated imagery digital visual effects, to achieve a futuristic space adventure with drama. Both
Anastasia (1997 movie) and
Titan A.E. were produced at Fox Animation Studios in Phoenix, Arizona, which established
20th Century Fox as a Disney competitor.
In 2000, after the studio's third film
Bartok the Magnificent (released direct to video as a spin-off of
Anastasia and the only sequel directed by Bluth), 20th Century Fox Studios decided to shut down the FOX Animation Studio facility in Phoenix.
A recent attempt to capitalize on
Dragon's Lair nostalgia by releasing the computer game
Dragon's Lair 3D (2002) was unsuccessful; the game was panned by critics as being flat and uninteresting, despite groundbreaking Cel-shaded animation 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.
Despite the failure of
Dragon's Lair 3D, Bluth and Goldman continued work in video games when they were hired to create the in-game cinematics for
Namco I-Ninja.
In 2004, Bluth produced an animated scene for the
music video "Mary (song)", 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.
External links
- Official site, DonBluth.com
-
- 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
Donald Virgil Bluth (born
September 13 1937) is an
United States animator and independent studio owner.
Bluth was born in El Paso, Texas and became one of the chief animators at
The Walt Disney Company. Along with fellow animators
Gary Goldman and
John Pomeroy, he set out in 1979 to start his own
List of animation studios,
Don Bluth Productions. His style tends toward rougher and more energetic portrayals than that of Disney films, and tend to have a mystical element to them.
The first film he worked as an assistant animator on was
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film), for which he was uncredited. He would not return to Disney until in the 1970s, when he was an animator on
Robin Hood (1973 film),
The Rescuers,
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and
Pete's Dragon. His last involvement with Disney was the 1978 short
The Small One; he drew a few scenes for
The Fox and the Hound (film), but left early in production and brought several other Disney animators with him to form a rival studio, allegedly upset with how the Disney animated features had "lost their charm" at the time. This new studio 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) (1980) and then to its first feature-length animation,
The Secret of NIMH (1982). Although it only grossed twice its budget at the
box office many consider this film to be Bluth's masterpiece.
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 (Don not only created the animation for
Space Ace, he also supplied the voice of the villain, Borf), and
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, a sequel which was very rare in
video arcade.
His next two films,
An American Tail (1986) and
The Land Before Time (1988) did well in theaters and became animation classics. Each of these films launched a line of
direct-to-video sequels, none of which Bluth had any involvement with. Although many of Bluth's fans loved his next film,
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), it flopped, as Disney's groundbreaking film
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) and
Universal's blockbuster
Back to the Future Part II were both released the same year, but it still became a cult classic. By the end of the decade and through the 1990s, Bluth films such as
Rock-A-Doodle,
Thumbelina (film),
A Troll in Central Park, and
The Pebble and the Penguin had dropped significantly when it came to box office returns.
Bluth scored another hit with
Anastasia (1997 movie) (1997), which grossed
United States dollar140 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. This was followed by the animated space adventure,
Titan A.E. in 2000 in film. It utilized cutting-edge techniques, which melded sophisticated 2D animation with
3D computer graphics, and
Computer-generated imagery digital visual effects, to achieve a futuristic space adventure with drama. Both
Anastasia (1997 movie) and
Titan A.E. were produced at Fox Animation Studios in
Phoenix, Arizona, which established 20th Century Fox as a Disney competitor.
In 2000, after the studio's third film
Bartok the Magnificent (released
direct to video as a spin-off of
Anastasia and the only sequel directed by Bluth), 20th Century Fox Studios decided to shut down the FOX Animation Studio facility in Phoenix.
A recent attempt to capitalize on
Dragon's Lair nostalgia by releasing the
computer game Dragon's Lair 3D (2002) was unsuccessful; the game was panned by critics as being flat and uninteresting, despite groundbreaking Cel-shaded animation 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.
Despite the failure of
Dragon's Lair 3D, Bluth and Goldman continued work in video games when they were hired to create the in-game cinematics for Namco
I-Ninja.
In 2004, Bluth produced an animated scene for the music video "Mary (song)", 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.
External links
- Official site, DonBluth.com
-
- 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
Don Bluth
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An American Tail (1986)
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Donald Virgil Bluth (born September 13, 1937 in El Paso, Texas) is an American animator and independent studio owner. Bluth became one of the chief animators at The Walt Disney ...
The Secret of NIMH - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2007, Don Bluth and Gary Goldman made a special high-definition restoration of the film, though it wasn't released on 2-disc DVD as the "Family Fun Edition", on June 19, 2007.
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Don Bluth Films
Official site offering behind-the-scenes details on the production of Titan A.E., Dragon's Lair, The Secret of NIMH, and Banjo the Woodpile Cat. Site includes magazine subscription ...
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