"Courage of the Heart is very Rare, The Stone has a Power when It's There." --Nicodemus,"The Secret of NIMH" The Greatest Animated Filmmaker and "King of Animated Films/Video Games of the 1980's". A True Inspirational Artist to Artists around the World. MR. DON BLUTH is an American film director, animator, production designer, video game 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. (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. He is the older brother of illustrator Toby Bluth.