Somewhere Out There, Don Bluth
Somewhere Out There, Don Bluth
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Somewhere Out There
My Animated Life

Author: Don Bluth

Narrator: Don Bluth

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/19/2022


Synopsis

Don Bluth never felt like a Donald. So people have always called him Don. A matinee of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs awakened something within him. Despite growing up in rural Texas and Utah, he practiced and worked hard to become an Hollywood animator. And after working alongside his idol Walt Disney, and on films including Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, Winne the Pooh, The Rescuers, and Pete's Dragon, he realized that the company had changed into something he didn't necessarily believe in. So he made the industry-shocking decision to start his own animation studio.

It was from that studio—Don's studio—that came such award-winning, generation-defining films as The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and the video game Dragon's Lair.

Now, after more than half a century in the movie business, Don is ready to tell the story of his life. This book reveals how his passions for artistry, integrity, and his Mormon faith shaped him into the beloved icon whose creativity, entrepreneurship, and deeply held beliefs entertained, enthralled, and inspired millions across the globe.


About Don Bluth

Don Bluth is an award-winning director, animator, production and video game designer, and teacher. His films, including The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, and Anastasia, have entertained and shaped the childhoods of untold millions. His company, Don Bluth Studios, continues creating and innovating animation and filmmaking.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan

Exceptionally incredible, whimsical, and as entertaining as you'd hope it would be. Clearly a man led by his Christian faith, Bluth describes how he's used his relationship with the man upstairs to inspire him, to absorb the proverbial punches of life, and to focus on positive aspects. That the grea......more

Goodreads review by Dan

My thanks to both NetGalley and Smart Pop BenBella Books for an advanced copy of this biography and animation history book. A young man with no formal training, a country boy with a love of drawing and a dream approaches the largest animation studio at the time looking for a job. His sketches are ex......more

Goodreads review by Rob

The book starts as a fairy tale and then the autobiography unfolds. An odd approach for such a book, but this may also indicate the mind set of Don Bluth. He comes across a gentle bloke and the book is certainly set at that speed. Bluth lays out his story in a well written approach that has as much......more