Benjamin Gluck

Gluck was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Character Animation from the esteemed California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and was awarded a full-tuition merit scholarship from Walt Disney Feature Animation studios. His student short film Man's Best Friend was awarded the Motion Picture Honorary student Academy Award, the Walter Lantz Award.[3] That film premiered worldwide in heavy rotation on MTV's network,[1] and received many top awards in the United States and International film circuits and toured worldwide and theatrically in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival.

Gluck began his career at DreamWorks Feature Animation where he was recruited by Oscar-winning director Brenda Chapman, as the studios very first story trainee, on The Prince of Egypt.

Shortly after, Gluck was recruited by Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he was mentored by Tony Award winner Roger Allers and Pixar Academy Award nominee, Jim Capobianco. At Disney, Gluck worked for over a decade as a key member of the feature animation story team. Gluck was the first Head of Story creative lead, at Disney-Toon Studios on the Annie Award-winning theatrical film's Bambi 2 and Piglet's Big Movie. He directed Brother Bear 2, which became Disney's second sequel to have a higher rating on Rotten Tomatoes than its predecessor.[4]

After a decade at Walt Disney Feature Animation Gluck collaborated with Academy Award nominated director Shane Acker, as the Head of Story, on the Tim Burton executive produced animated feature film, 9 for Focus Features. As creative story lead, Gluck contributed to the script development and lead the team of storyboard artists.

Gluck was one of two directors on Alpha and Omega, which became the first film in the franchise of the same name, followed by eight follow-up films, video games, and books. This is Lionsgate's highest-grossing original CGI animated franchise.

Gluck collaborated with George Lucas, at Lucas Film on Strange Magic (film). Gluck also developed an animated theatrical reboot of the popular anime comic Battle of the Planets with executive producer Charles Roven.

Gluck is the head of story, collaborating with the Schultz family, on the 46th and 47th original Peanuts holiday specials for Apple TV +.

• Walter Lantz Honorary Student Academy Award:[1] best short animated film "Man's Best Friend."

• Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production: Bambi 2 at the 34th Annie Awards.

• Annie Award for Best Screenplay: Brother Bear 2 at the 35th Annie Awards.

• Man's Best Friend (TV) (1996)
• Rugrats (TV) (2000)
• Clerks (TV) (2000)
• Skunk Fu (TV) (2007-2008)

• Modern animation in the United States
• Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Brad Bird
• Brenda Chapman

5. Apple TV+ New Peanuts Holiday Specials

• Ben Gluck at IMDb
• Ben Gluck's Interview with TV Guide