Don Bluth

Donald Virgil Bluth (born September 13, 1937) is an American filmmaker, animator, video game designer and author. Bluth came to prominence working for Walt Disney Productions before creating his own film studio in the early 1980s. He is best known for directing the animated films The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and Titan A.E., and for his involvement in the well-known Laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. An animation studio under his name hired many animators away from Disney, and Bluth's films were a major competitor to Disney during the Renaissance under CEO Michael Eisner.