What was the nationality of the animator who established Sullivan Bluth Studios?
Sullivan Bluth Studios Sullivan Bluth Studios was an American and Irish animated film production company established in 1979 by animator Don Bluth. Bluth and several colleagues, all of whom were former Disney animators, left Disney in 1979 to form Don Bluth Productions, later known as the Bluth Group. This studio produced the short film "Banjo the Woodpile Cat", the feature film "The Secret of NIMH", a brief animation sequence in the musical "Xanadu", and the video games "Dragon's Lair" and "Space Ace". The Bluth Group went bankrupt in 1984, and Bluth co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios with American businessman Morris Sullivan in 1985.
Nikolai Khodataev Nikolai Petrovich Khodataev (Russian: Николай Петрович Ходатаев ; 9 May [O.S. 26 April] 1892 — 25 March 1987) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor and animator, one of the founders of the Soviet animation industry.