Don Bluth first found his “laughing place” — a term he uses to refer to an intangible mental refuge from the drudgery of existence — in the films of his lifelong hero, Walt Disney. Today an animation ...

Don Bluth shares stories of his legendary career, from Walt Disney to Don Bluth Studios, the hardships he overcame, and the magic he's still creating.

Don Bluth was just a teenager when he got his first taste of working at Disney. He would go on to work for the entertainment juggernaut for roughly 10 years, putting his special touch on films like ...

The defection of Don Bluth and like-minded colleagues from Disney in 1979 is a well-worn story in Hollywood animation. Less has been said about a chapter in Bluth’s career that followed soon after: ...

At Don Bluth Front Row Theatre the other day, the man for whom the theater is named stretched out across a row of seats for a midday nap. When a stranger stopped by to discuss Bluth’s storied career ...

Don Bluth, who changed the landscape of animated films with his many great works from years past, made a rare appearance at an industry event to attend the world premiere of the documentary Don Bluth: ...

It’s impossible to talk about Don Bluth without talking about Walt Disney. Bluth started as an animator and director at Walt Disney Animation Studios before founding a rival company that became Disney ...

Animator and director Don Bluth at the Don Bluth Front Row Theatre in Scottsdale on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. A former chief animator for Disney, Bluth left in 1979 to create Don BLuth productions where ...

For Don Bluth, the animated family film is not a dinosaur. Actually, Don Bluth made an animated family film about dinosaurs, The Land Before Time. Just last year. Dinosaurs have been good to Don Bluth ...

From an early age, El Paso-born animator Don Bluth spent his time tracing comic books and going to the movies to see Mickey Mouse and his favorite Disney characters come to life on the big screen.

Most artists would probably tell you that they hope their last work is their best work, that their final project is something reflective of everything they’ve learned, every failure or setback they’ve ...