Don Bluth, the former Walt Disney animator who directed The Secret of NIMH, has been named as an international juror at the Vancouver International Film Festival for Children and Young People.
Bluth will conduct a workshop in classical animation at the festival, which will be held from Sept. 28-Oct. 7.
He joins Marcia Couelle, producer of the Genie award-winning Quebec film Les Bons Debarras, and Czeck animator Karel Zeman on the jury. The final two jury members have yet to be named.