Don is the older brother of illustrator Toby Bluth and is known for competing with his former employer Walt Disney Productions. He has also directed the films Pete’s Dragon, Rock-a-Doodle, Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park, The Pebble and the Penguin, Bartok the Magnificent, and Titan A.E. Bluth has won an Annie Award, an Online Film & Television Association Award, and a Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival Award. He runs the Don Bluth Front Row Theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona.