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{{BLP sources|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Benjamin Gluck
| image         =
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| birth_name    = Benjamin Gluck
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1976|5|25}}
| birth_place   = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]
| occupation    = Director, Screenwriter, Story Artist, Voice Actor
| nationality   = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| years_active  = 1999-present
| notable_work  = ''[[Alpha and Omega (movie)|Alpha and Omega]]''
}}
'''Benjamin "Ben" Gluck''' (born May 25, 1976) is an American movie director and screenwriter. 

==Biography==
Gluck was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. He started his career by directing the animated short ''Man's Best Friend'', which premiered on MTV and won the Walter Lantz Award as well as the New York Independent Animation Award for best animated short. Ben then worked at  [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]]  as a story artist on such feature films as ''[[Dinosaur (movie)|Dinosaur]]'' (2000)', ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'', and ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]''. He served as Head of Story on ''[[Bambi II]]'' (2006) and directed ''[[Brother Bear 2]]'', which was nominated for an [[Annie Award]]. 

In 2006 Ben served as Head of Story on ''9'' (2009) produced by [[Focus Features]] and Tim Burton. He directed "[[Alpha and Omega (film)|Alpha and Omega]]" a 3-D computer animated feature; it ranks as Lionsgate's highest-grossing animated feature to date. 

Ben received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Character Animation from the  [[California Institute of the Arts]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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! 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
|-
|}

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

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| NAME              = Gluck, Ben
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = animator, movie director
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = St. Louis, Missouri, United States
| DATE OF BIRTH     = {{Birth date and age|1978|}}
| DATE OF DEATH     =
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[[Category:American animators]]
[[Category:People from St. Louis, Missouri]]
[[Category:American movie directors]]
[[Category:American screenwriters]]
[[Category:Living people]]