


At the age of six, his family moved to Payson, Utah, where he lived on a family farm. Bluth later said, "then I'd go home and copy every Disney comic book I could find". Īs a child in El Paso, he rode his horse to the town movie theater to watch Disney films. He is of Swedish, English, Irish, Scottish, and German descent. Romney and great-grandfather of Mitt Romney. 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. He is the older brother of illustrator Toby Bluth.īluth was born in El Paso, Texas, to Emaline (née Pratt) and Virgil Ronceal Bluth. (2000), for his involvement in the LaserDisc game Dragon's Lair (1983), and for competing with former employer Walt Disney Productions during the years leading up to the films that became the Disney Renaissance. Donald Virgil Bluth ( / b l uː θ/ BLOOTH born September 13, 1937) is an American film director, animator, production designer, and animation instructor, best known for his animated films, including The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Anastasia (1997), and Titan A.E.
