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By Kent Larsen
LDS Animator Honored, Video Released
DUBLIN, IRELAND -- Mormon animator Don Bluth was credited with
starting the animation industry in Ireland in a Dublin Irish Times
article as his latest work hit video stores. The Irish Times looked
at Bluth as part of a review of Ireland's animation industry. The
fifth Irish Animation Festival started in Dublin this week.
The Irish Times says that Bluth, who worked for Disney on two
separate occasions, became its biggest competition. Bluth set up his
own animation studio in the early 1970s, teaming up with Irish
animation buff Morris Sullivan to form Sullivan Bluth, with offices
in Dublin. The collaboration hit pay dirt when they worked with
Steven Spielberg to produce the 1986 hit "An American
Tail."
In the next 10 years, the company produced a number of feature films,
including "The Land Before Time" series and "All Dogs
Go To Heaven." English media tycoon Rupert Murdoch bought out Sullivan Bluth in
1996, and installed Bluth in the U.S. as part of Fox Studios. After
producing the hit "Anastasia," however, subsequent films
weren't as successful.
Fox closed the studio earlier this year, soon after Bluth's latest
film, "Titan A.E." was released. That film, which also
wasn't successful in theaters, was released on video this week.
Sources:
Making movements out of art
Dublin Ireland The Irish Times 13Nov00 A2
By John Lane
and
Video Beat: Your weekend 'Mission' -- check out new releases
Seattle WA Post-Intelligencder 11Nov00 A2
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