Directed credits
41
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Donald F. Glut
Directing
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0.6
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Directed movies: 41Directed series: 0All crew credits: 58
TMDB ID: 30810
IMDb ID: nm0323304
Known for: Directing
Born: February 19, 1944
Age: 81
Place of birth: Pecos, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2022
Years active: 70
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q2080947
Also known as
Donald Glut • Don Glut • Dinosaur Don Glut
Frequent jobs
Director (40)Assistant Director (1)Writer (11)Creative Consultant (2)Creator (2)Casting (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966, and has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. He is arguably best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie, The Empire Strikes Back.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Donald F. Glut.
7.4
Tales of Frankenstein
Director
2018 Movie
5.2
Dances with Werewolves
Director
2016 Movie
4.4
Blood Scarab
Director
2008 Movie
4.0
The Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty
Director
2006 Movie
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Director
2006 Movie
3.8
Dinosaur Valley Girls
Director
1995 Movie
7.2
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Assistant Director
1994 Movie
6.0
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Director
1994 Movie
5.0
Dinosaur Movies
Director
1993 Movie
5.0
Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
Director
1967 Movie
Rocketman Flies Again
Director
1966 Movie
3.0
Son of Tor
Director
1964 Movie
4.0
Batman and Robin
Director
1964 Movie
5.0
Captain America Battles the Red Skull
Director
1964 Movie
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Director
1964 Movie
10.0
The Adventures of the Spirit
Director
1963 Movie
The Human Torch
Director
1963 Movie
Dragstrip Dracula
Director
1962 Movie
The Invisible Teenager
Director
1962 Movie
Tor, King of Beasts
Director
1962 Movie
Superduperman
Director
1962 Movie
Time Is Just a Place
Director
1961 Movie
Monster Rumble
Director
1961 Movie
The Age of Reptiles
Director
1960 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Donald F. Glut.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Donald F. Glut.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Donald F. Glut.
6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thanks
2022 Movie
7.6
The Graduate
as College Student (uncredited)
1967 Movie
6.3
King Kong
as Guy in Ampitheater
1976 Movie
6.0
Fanarchy
as Self
2015 Movie
7.1
Von Ryan's Express
1965 Movie
4.9
Bikini Drive-In
1995 Movie
5.6
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Writer
2001 Movie
5.6
Schlock
as Movie patron
1973 Movie
7.2
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Assistant Director
1994 Movie
4.9
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Casting
2004 Movie
4.4
Blood Scarab
Director
2008 Movie
9.0
More Dinosaurs
Creative Consultant
1985 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Donald F. Glut.
7.8
The Transformers
Writer • 15 eps
1984 Series
8.2
X-Men
Writer • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.3
The Centurions
Writer • 2 eps
1986 Series
7.4
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Writer • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.4
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Creator
2002 Series
7.3
Spider-Man
Writer • 4 eps
1981 Series
5.7
The Biskitts
Writer • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.2
The New Adventures of He-Man
Creator
1990 Series
4.3
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Writer • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.9
Bureau of Alien Detectors
Writer • 1 eps
1996 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Donald F. Glut.
6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thanks
2022 Movie
4.9
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Casting
2004 Movie
3.7
The Mummy's Kiss
Writer
2003 Movie
5.6
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Writer
2001 Movie
9.0
More Dinosaurs
Creative Consultant
1985 Movie
Dinosaurs (KABC Special)
Creative Consultant
1984 Movie
The Teenage Frankenstein
Writer
1959 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Donald F. Glut.
7.4
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Creator
2002 Series
5.9
Bureau of Alien Detectors
Writer • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.2
X-Men
Writer • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.2
The New Adventures of He-Man
Creator
1990 Series
4.3
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Writer • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.3
The Centurions
Writer • 2 eps
1986 Series
7.8
The Transformers
Writer • 15 eps
1984 Series
5.7
The Biskitts
Writer • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.4
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Writer • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.3
Spider-Man
Writer • 4 eps
1981 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Donald F. Glut.
The Amazing Colossal Woman
as Paleontologist
2016 Movie
6.0
Fanarchy
as Self
2015 Movie
6.0
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as Self
2010 Movie
7.8
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2007 Movie
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
as Self
2006 Movie
7.0
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
2006 Movie
4.9
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
as 'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut)
2004 Movie
7.7
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self
2002 Movie
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self
2002 Movie
10.0
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
as Self
1996 Movie
4.9
Bikini Drive-In
1995 Movie
5.0
Dinosaur Movies
as Host
1993 Movie