Benjamin Gluck

Benjamin Gluck
Benjamin Gluck in 2026
Born
Benjamin Gluck

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationCalifornia Institute of the Arts
OccupationsHead of Story, Director, Storyboard Artist
Years active1996–present
Known forPeanuts, 9, Walt Disney Animation Studios .

Benjamin Gluck is an American head of story and director known for his story work across major animated features including 9 (Focus Features), Bambi 2 (Disney), as well as the Apple TV+ specials Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love and Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne. He also directed Disney's Brother Bear 2 and Alpha and Omega (Lionsgate).

Early life

Benjamin Gluck was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Character Animation. His student film Man's Best Friend was awarded the Walter Lantz Animation Prize. The film later premiered on MTV's network and screened theatrically as part of the Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation.

Career

Upon graduating from CalArts, Gluck became the first story trainee at DreamWorks Animation. He subsequently joined Walt Disney Feature Animation, contributing to multiple theatrical films and later serving as Head of Story and Director on studio releases, including Bambi II, Piglet's Big Movie, and Brother Bear II.

After Disney, Gluck served as Head of Story on the Tim Burton-produced 9 for Focus Features. He later co-directed Alpha and Omega, by Lionsgate Family Entertainment, an early example of a mainstream computer-animated feature emphasizing female leadership and reversing conventional gender roles. The film went on to launch an animated franchise. He later served as Senior Executive and Head of Story at Alpha Animation from 2018 to 2019.

Gluck played a key creative role in the modernization of Peanuts, serving as Head of Story for the Apple TV+ specials Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne, and Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love, the latter marking the first explicit acknowledgement of LGBTQ+ families in the history of the Peanuts animated franchise.

Filmography

Year Title Credits Awards
2022 Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love Head of Story Children's and Family Emmy-Nominee. Humanitarian Award-Nominee. Kidscreen Award-Winner: Best Holiday Special.
2021 Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne Head of Story Annie Award-Nominee: Best Animated Special Production
2016 Madea's Tough Love Story Editor Dove "Family Approved Seal” Award-Recipient
2013 Kahlil Gibran's, The Prophet Storyboard Artist Visionary Award-Winner
2010 Alpha and Omega Director Annie Award-nominee: Best Animated Feature
2010 Yogi Bear Storyboard Artist
2009 9 Head of Story VES Award-Nominee: Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
2006 Brother Bear II Director Annie Award-nominee: Best Screenplay
2006 Bambi II Head of Story Annie Award-Winner: Best Home Entertainment Production
2004 Home on the Range Storyboard Artist
2003 Piglet's Big Movie Storyboard Artist
2001 The Emperor's New Groove Storyboard Artist
2000 Dinosaur Storyboard Artist
2000 Clerks (TV) Season 1/Episode 2: Wherein Dante and Randle are Locked in the Freezer Storyboard Artist
2000 Rugrats (TV) Season 8/Episode 3: Don't Poop On My Parade Storyboard Artist Daytime Emmy Award-Winner
1998 The Prince of Egypt Storyboard Artist
1998 Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation Man's Best Friend
1996 MTV's Cartoon Sushi
Man's Best Friend		 Director / Creator Walter Lantz Award-Winner

Television

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Animation Magazine October 2010".
  2. ↑ "CalArts Magazine Fall/Winter 2009". Issuu.
  3. ↑ "Ben Gluck - Mafab.hu". Mafab.hu.
  4. ↑ "Brother Bear 2 Due at Month's End". 15 August 2006.
  5. ↑ "Disney to axe Sydney studio". 26 July 2005.
  6. ↑ "Animation Magazine September 2006".
  7. ↑ "Disney bets on Piglet's prospects". February 19, 2002.
  8. ↑ "Animation Magazine October 2010".
  9. ↑ Ebert, Roger (2009-09-09). "9". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  10. ↑ Johans, Jen (January 11, 2011). "DVD Review: Alpha and Omega (2010)". Film Intuition.
  11. ↑ Chen, Sandie Angulo. "Alpha and Omega Movie Review". Common Sense Media.
  12. ↑ "Alpha and Omega (2010) – Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
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  14. ↑ "Apple TV+ Unveils Exciting Kids and Family Slate Featuring All-New Peanuts Specials".
  15. ↑ "Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad) With Love - Parents' Guide & TV Review".