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{{Infobox person
| name = Ben Gluck
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| birth_name = Benjamin Gluck
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]
| occupation = Director, Screenwriter, Author
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| years_active = 1999-present
| notable_works = 9, Alpha and Omega
}}
'''Benjamin "Ben" Gluck''' is an American movie director and screenwriter. 

==Biography==
Ben Gluck is an American film director, screenwriter and author.  

Ben attended CalArts where he received his BFA in character animation. His student short film "Man's Best Friend," was awarded the esteemed Walter Lantz Award. It premiered worldwide in heavy rotation on MTV's network, and received many top awards in the US and International film circuit and toured worldwide in the film cult - Spike and Mike's Sick and 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. and worked as consulting director and screenwriter on Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love.  

==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, Story
|-
|''[[Yogi Bear (movie)|Yogi Bear]]'' (2010)
|
|Story Artist
|-
|The Prophet (2014 film)
|
|Based on characters created by
|-
|Madea's Tough Love (2015)
|
|Consulting Writer and Director
|-
|Battle of the Planets (2013)
|
|Director, story, additional writer
|-
|}

==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]]