Donald F. Glut
- Directing
- February 19, 1944 · Pecos, Texas, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Icons Unearthed: Transformers · Self
- Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story · Self
- Thor: Love and Thunder · Thanks
- As I Kiss You · Director
- Fly Trap: Catching a Classic · Self
- Tales of Frankenstein · Director, Writer
- Dances with Werewolves · Director, Screenplay
- The Amazing Colossal Woman · Paleontologist
- Fanarchy · Self
- Toy Masters · Self
- The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry · Self
- Blood Scarab · Director, Writer
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story · Self
- The Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty · Director, Writer
- I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies · Self, Director
- The Sci-Fi Boys · Self
- T-Rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood · Self
- Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood · 'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut), Casting
- The Mummy's Kiss · Workman #4, Writer
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe · Creator
- Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' · Self
- Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal" · Self
- Taking the Punishment Poll · Self
- The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula · Writer, Director
- The Vampire Hunters Club · Director
- The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster · Self
- Bureau of Alien Detectors · Writer
- Vampires: Thirst for the Truth · Self
- Bikini Drive-In
- Dinosaur Valley Girls · Director, Screenplay
- Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror · Assistant Director
- Hollywood Goes Ape! · Director, Writer
- Dinosaur Movies · Host, Director
- X-Men · Writer
- The New Adventures of He-Man · Creator
- Dink, the Little Dinosaur · Writer
- Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
- The Centurions · Writer
- More Dinosaurs · Creative Consultant
- Dinosaurs (KABC Special) · Creative Consultant
- The Transformers · Writer
- The Biskitts · Writer
- Spider-Man · Writer
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends · Writer
- King Kong · Guy in Ampitheater
- Schlock · Movie patron
- Spider-Man · Spider-Man, Director
- The Graduate · College Student (uncredited)
- Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders · Atom-Man, Director
- Rocketman Flies Again · Director
- Von Ryan's Express · Prisoner of War (uncredited)
- Wrath of the Sun Demon · Director
- For What Purpose? · Director
- Son of Tor · Director
- Captain America Battles the Red Skull · Steve Rogers, Director
- Batman and Robin · Batman, Director
- Captain America vs. The Mutant · Director
- The Human Torch · Director
- The Adventures of the Spirit · Spirit/Wolf Man/Green Hornet/Rocket Man, Director
- Dragstrip Dracula · Director
- The Invisible Teenager · Director
- Tor, King of Beasts · Director
- Superduperman · Director
- It Came from Alpha Centauri · Special Effects
- Tyran the Terrible · Special Effects
- Time Is Just a Place · Director
- Monster Rumble · Director
- The Age of Reptiles · Director
- Revenge of the Teenage Werewolf · Director
- The Time Monsters · Director
- I Was a Teenage Vampire · Director
- The Teenage Frankenstein · Writer, Costume Coordinator
- The Teenage Werewolf · Director
- The Day I Vanished · Director
- Dinosaur Destroyer · Director
- The Fire Monsters · Director
- Slave of the Vampire · Director
- I Was a Teenage Apeman · Director
- Return of the Teenage Werewolf · Director
- The Teenage Frankenstein Meets the Teenage Werewolf · Director