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{{notability|date=January 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2013}}
{{COI|date=August 2018}}
{{Fansite|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ben Gluck
| image = 
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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 a BFA in character animation. His student short film "Man's Best Friend" was awarded the Walter Lantz Award.   

Ben began his career as a story trainee at Dreamworks Feature Animation where he worked on the film "The Prince of Egypt." Shortly after, he was recruited by Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he worked for over a decade as a storyboard artist.  Ben was the Head of Story for [[DisneyToon Studios]] and the director of "Brother Bear 2".   

Ben directed the CGI animated theatrical feature film "Alpha and Omega." This film budgeted at 13-million USD, it 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. Ben was Head of Story on the science fiction animated feature film "9" executive produced by Tim Burton, and he was the consulting director and screenwriter on Tyler Perry's, "Madea," turning it into an animated franchise.

==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}}

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