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{{Infobox person
| name          = Ben Gluck
| image         =
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| birth_name    = Benjamin Gluck
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|25}}
| birth_place   = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]
| occupation    = Director, Screenwriter, Story Artist, Voice Actor
| nationality   = [[Americans|American]]
| years_active  = 1999-present
| notable_works  = ''[[Alpha and Omega (movie)|Alpha and Omega]]''
}}
'''Benjamin "Ben" Gluck''' is an American movie director and screenwriter. 

==Biography==
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended California Institute of the en Gluck is an American film director, screenwriter and author.  

Ben attended CalArts, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film and Animation. His animated short, FA in character animation. His student short film "Man’'s Best Friend, a satirical spoof on life and lov" was awarded the esteemed Walter Lantz Award. It premiered worldwide in the Garden of Eden, garnered awards and accoladeavy rotation on MTV's network, and received many top awards in the AmericanUS and International Ffilm circuit and went on to win Best Animated Short at the New Yortoured worldwide in the film cult - Spike and Mike's Sick Iandependent Film Festival. His short toured the world with Spike and Mike’s Festival of Sick & Twisted Animation and premiered nationwide on MTV's Cartoon Sushi and provided him with a full scholarship from Walt Disney Studios. 

Gluck joined Walt Disney Studios were he served for ten years working as a storyboard artist on the films ''Dinosaur'', ''Emperor’s New Groove'', ''Home on the Range''. He also served as Head of Story on ''Bambi II'' and directed ''Brother Bear 2'' which was produced in Australia.

Gluck then began working on independent animated features. He served as Head of Story on the science fiction fantasy ''9'', executive produced by Tim Burton. Then he was personally hired by George Lucas to develop an animated Feature. He later co-directed ''Alpha and Omega'', an 3D animated feature film by Lionsgate Films and their highest grossing animated franchise to date. Gluck's recent work was serving as a story artist on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet and writing and directing a kid's TV series for Tyler Perry. Ben is a published author and illustrator and been an Animation Instructor in Malaysia, India and guest story speaker at CalArts. Twisted Animation Festival.   

Ben began his career as the very first story trainee at Dreamworks Feature Animation where he worked on the film, "The Prince of Egypt." Shortly after, was recruited by Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he served for over a decade as a storyboard artist.  Ben was the first Head of Story for Disney-Toon Studios and the Director of "Brother Bear 2" - this film is Disney's second direct-to-video sequel to have a higher rating on Rotten Tomatoes than its predecessor.   

Ben directed the CGI animated theatrical feature film "Alpha and Omega." This film budgeted at the modest 13-million grossed over 50-million world-wide and is the highest grossing animated franchise for Lionsgate Family Entertainment - resulting in eight follow-up films. Ben worked with producer Charles Roven on the franchise adaptation reboot of Battle of the Planets and hired by George Lucas to develop an original animated feature film. Ben was Head of Story on the science fiction animated feature film "9" executive produced by Tim Burton. 

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Film
! Role
! Job
|-
|''Man's Best Friend'' (1996) (short movie)
|Additional Voices
|Director, Writer
|-
|''[[Dinosaur (movie)|Dinosaur]]'' (2000)
|
|Story Artist
|-
|''Home on the Range'' (2004)
|
|Story Artist
|-
|''[[Bambi II]]'' (2006)
|
|Head of Story
|-
|''[[Brother Bear 2]]'' (2006)
|Raccoon #2
|Director
|-
|''9'' (2009)
|
|Head of Story
|-
|''[[Alpha and Omega (movie)|Alpha and Omega]]'' (2010)
|Voice on the Radio (uncredited)
|Director, Writer, Story
|-
|''[[Yogi Bear (movie)|Yogi Bear]]'' (2010)
|
|Story Artist
|-
|''[[Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure]]'' (2013)
|Rogue #5
|Based on characters created by
|-
|''[[Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave]]'' (2014)
|Rogue #5
|Director, Writer, Story, Based on characters created by
|-
|''Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation'' (2015)
|Kevin
|Director, Writer, Story, Based on characters created by
|-
|}

==Other websites==
*{{IMDb name|0994310}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:American animators]]
[[Category:People from St. Louis, Missouri]]
[[Category:Movie directors from Missouri]]
[[Category:American screenwriters]]
[[Category:Living people]]