Don Bluth is, and was, a visionary. He worked with Disney, made video games, and at the time, released the highest grossing non-Disney animated film (An American Tail, 1986).
His admirable filmography includes many childhood favorites, including The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs go to Heaven (1989), and The Secret of NIHM (1982). He was only involved with the first Land Before Time film, not one of the 13 sequels. And it is 13, I checked.
His work with Disney started in 1955, as an assistant on Sleeping Beauty. He later left in 1957 to go on a mission trip to Argentina. He returned to working for Disney in 1971. His final work at Disney was the short The Small One (1978).
He went on to start his own studio with 9 other former Disney animators. Unfortunately, Don Bluth Studio filed for bankruptcy after its first and only motion picture: The Secret of NIHM .
This led to him working on an arcade game. Dragon's Lair, which players played on a LaserDisc, was a great success and led to a sequel of sorts: Space Ace.
Bluth later worked with Steven Spielberg, and then Fox Studios to make Anastasia. However, his work on the film Titan AE with studio was the last traditionally animated movie Fox would produce until 2007 with The Simpson's Movie.
He is currently working on a film adaption of Dragon's Lair.
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