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{{Infobox person
| name = Ben Gluck
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| birth_name = Benjamin Gluck
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| 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 Gluck'''  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mafab.hu/people/ben-gluck-275783.html|title=Ben Gluck {{!}} Személyiség adatlap {{!}} Mafab.hu|website=www.mafab.hu|language=hu|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>  (also known as '''Ben Gluck''') is an American [[animation director]], [[screenwriter]], and storyboard artist. He was a director at [[Disney Animation]].  

== Early Life ==
Benjamin was born in St. Louis, Missouri  He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film and Animation from California Institute of the Arts.  

Gluck's student short film name ''Man's Best Friend was awarded the esteemed Walter Lantz Award.'' The film  premiered worldwide in heavy rotation on MTV's network, and received many top awards in the US and International film circuits and toured worldwide in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival.

== Career ==
He started his career as story trainee at DreamWorks Feature Animation where he worked on the film, ''The Prince of Egypt .'' Later on he worked for Disney Feature Animation 

as storyboard artist, head of story and Director for over a decade.  Gluck was the first Head of Story for Disney-Toon Studios and director of ''Brother Bear 2''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Brother Bear 2 (2006)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brother_bear_2|accessdate=2020-04-17|language=en}}</ref> Gluck directed the CGI animated theatrical feature film ''Alpha and Omega'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.challenges.fr/cinema/critique-alpha-omega-de-anthony-bell-et-ben-gluck_538893|title=Critique – Alpha & Omega de Anthony Bell et Ben Gluck|website=Challenges|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>for Lionsgate Family Entertainment. Gluck was Head of Story on the CG feature film, 9, executive produced by Tim Burton and hired by George Lucas to helm an original animated feature film. 

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Film
! Role
! Job
|-
|''Man's Best Friend'' (1996) (short movie)
|Additional Voices
|director, creator
|-
|''[[Dinosaur (movie)|Dinosaur]]'' (2000)
|
|story
|-
|''Home on the Range'' (2004)
|
|story
|-
|''[[Bambi II]]'' (2006)
|Possum
|head of story
|-
|''[[Brother Bear 2]]'' (2006)
|Raccoon #2
|director
|-
|''9'' (2009)
|
|head of story
|-
|''[[Alpha and Omega (movie)|Alpha and Omega]]'' (2010)
|Wolf #5
|director, story
|-
|''[[Yogi Bear (movie)|Yogi Bear]]'' (2010)
|
|story artist
|-
|The Prophet (2014 film)
|
|story
|-
|Madea's Tough Love (2015)
|
|story by, writer, consulting director
|-
|Gatchaman (2013)
|
|story, director
|-
|}

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

== References ==
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[[Category:American animators]]
[[Category:Writers from St. Louis, Missouri]]
[[Category:Movie directors from Missouri]]
[[Category:American screenwriters]]
[[Category:Living people]]